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some idea of their several pretensions, and by
this means had excited in their minds every
sort of idea which ought to have been held
. back from them ; and indeed so high did the
rancour of the several parties rise on this
occasion, that Madame Bulé was obliged to
exert her authority, and very severe was the
reproof she gave when she understood the
cause of this uproar, which had disturbed
her peace. “Do you not know,” said she,
“that the day after to-morrow is Easter,
and that to-morrow you are to meet Fa-
ther Raffré for confession? and in what
spirit or temper will you be for this sacra-
ment, if you retire to rest in the indul-
gence of such angry passions? For shame,
young ladies, do not thus convert an inno-
cent jest into a subject of discontent and
rancour.”

It is needless, surely, here to remark, that
in this reproof of Madame Bulé, which was
faithfully reported to me, there were~ two
important errors: in the first instance, con-
fession ig no sacrament, neither a part of a
sacrament, there being but two sacraments
appointed by our blessed Saviour, namely,