Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"""""And"""206 THE CUR* OF AJRS.with desperate energy,it occurred to me to take hisBreviary from him, in order to compel him to a retreat ;but he contented himself with telling me that he shouldrecite his Office when he got to Lyons.What, M. le Cure ! said I, with an air of greatastonishment, you will pass a whole day without sayingyour Office?At this unexpected apostrophe, he said with a littleembarrassment :" *I have another Breviary at home, which belongedto Mgr. Devie.and fetch it.Well, M. le Cure*, we will gohe consented to return ;which was more thanI had hopedfor. As we turned back, the first strokes ofthe tocsin sounded.aloud.They are ringing the Angelus, said Brother Jerome.M. Vianney knelt down, and began to say the AngelusSuppose, said I, leaving him in his illusion, anddesiring above all things to fgain time, suppose we saya decade of the rosary for a good journey to you ?No, no I;can say my rosary on the way.As we approached the church, the crowd grew thickerand thicker. M. le Cure seemed neither surprised nordisconcerted. He arrived at the presbytery, mounted thestairs in great haste, and went into his room.I followed,and remained there with him, making a show of lookingamong his books for the one he wanted, but in realityturning everything over, and making such a confusionthat it was impossible to find any thing. I contrived to retard the discovery of the desired volume as long as possible,and then to put it out of his way again, just as his handwas about to lay hold of it. In the midst of these subtle