These gentlemen here, who are listening to us, are nearly every one of them doctors who have come from all parts of France.

We always entreat them to express their doubts if they feel any, to discuss the cases with us, and a very detailed report of each discussion is drawn up.

You hear me, gentlemen; by all means protest if anything occurs here of a nature to offend your sense of truth." Not one of the onlookers spoke.

Most of the doctors present were undoubtedly Catholics, and naturally enough they merely bowed.

As for the others, the unbelievers, the _savants_ pure and simple, they looked on and evinced some interest in certain phenomena, but considerations of courtesy deterred them from entering into discussions which they knew would have been useless.