It is something else.

Why have you not killed him ?" "M'sieur, do you believe in an oath that you make to your God ?" "Yes.

But not when it means the crushing of human souls.

Then it is a crime." "Ah!" Jean was facing him now, his eyes aflame.

"I am a Catholic, M'sieur--one of those of the far North, who are different from the Catholics of the south, of Montreal and Quebec.