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>> Brie Carlisle: Miserable, by Victor Hugo
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>> Brie Carlisle: Tranquility after bidding his sister Goodnight,
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Monseigneur Bienvenue took one of the two silver
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candlesticks from the table, handed the other to his
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guest, and said to him, monsieur, I will
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him. As might have been observed from what
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has been said above, the house was so arranged that in order
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to pass into the oratory where the alcove was
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>> Brie Carlisle: At the moment when he was crossing.
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>> Brie Carlisle: This apartment, Madame Magloire was putting away the silverware in the
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cupboard near the head of the bed. This was her last
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carry. Every evening before she went to bed, the
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bishop installed his guest in the alcove. A fresh
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white bed had been prepared there. The man set the candle
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down on a small table. Well, said the
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bishop, may you pass a good night.
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Tomorrow morning, before you set out, you shall drink a cup of
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warm milk from our cows. Thanks, Monsieur
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l'Abbe, said the man, hardly had he pronounced
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these words full of peace, when all of a sudden
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and without transition, he made a strange
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movement which would have frozen the two sainted women
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with horror had they witnessed it. Even
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at this day, it is difficult for us to explain
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what inspired him at that moment. Did he
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intend to convey a warning or to throw out a
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menace? Was he simply obeying a sort of
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instinctive impulse which was obscure even to himself?
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He turned abruptly to the old man, folded his
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arms, and bending upon his host to savage gaze,
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he exclaimed in a hoarse voice, really?
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you lodge me in your house close to yourself like this?
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He broke off and added with a laugh, in which there
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lurked something monstrous, have you really
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reflected? Well, how do you know that ive not been an
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assassin? The bishop replied,
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that, is the concern of the good God. Then,
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gravely and moving his lips like one whos praying or
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talking to himself, he raised two fingers of his right
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hand and bestowed his benediction on the man
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who did not bow. And without turning his head or
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looking behind him, he returned to his
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bedroom. When the alcove was in use, a
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large serge curtain drawn from wall to.
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>> Brie Carlisle: Wall concealed the altar.
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>> Brie Carlisle: The bishop knelt before this curtain as he passed and said a
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brief prayer. A moment later, he was in his
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garden, walking, meditating,
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contemplating his heart and soul,
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wholly absorbed in those grand and mysterious things which God
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shows at night to the eyes which remain open.
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As for the man, he was actually so fatigued
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that he did not even profit by the nice white sheets,
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snuffing out his candle with his nostrils. After the manner of
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convicts, he dropped all dressed as he
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was upon the bed, where he immediately fell into a
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profound sleep. Midnight struck as the
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bishop returned from his garden to his apartment.
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A few minutes later, all were asleep in the
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little house.
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Thank you for joining bite at a time books today. while we read a
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bite of one of your favorite classics. Again,
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my name is Bree Carlisle, and I hope you come back
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tomorrow for the next bite of Le
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Miserable.
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