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

"M."""""""M."HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. 207manoeuvres,my eyes suddenly lighted upon a portrait ofMgr. Devie. Calling to mind the history of his firstflight,which I happened to have heard related the evening before by M. Raymond, I suddenly addressed him :le Cure, look at Mgr. Devie ! I am sure thathe is at this moment looking at you with astonishment *We ! ought to respect the will of a Bishop during his life,and much more after his death. Remember what he saidto you ten years ago.Disturbed at the remembrance of one whom he hadalways loved and venerated with all his heart, M. Vianneyfaltered out, with the simplicity of a child threatened withits father s displeasure :Monseigneur will not scold me ; he knows verywell that I have need to go and weep over my poor life.As we left the room, we met M. le Comte des Garets,who came in his turn to use the authority of his characterand long friendship with M. Vianney to induce him tochange his purpose.M. le Cure seemed not to listen to him, replied coldlyto his remonstrances, and left him under the impressionthat he was acting under a presentiment of his approaching end."There was something ironical and bitter in the toneand manner of M. Vianney throughout this scene, whichstruck all who were present as different from his usualsweet serenity."It no doubt betrayed," says M. Monnin,"the presenceof temptation."Meanwhile the old village had been roused by the firsistrokes of the bell, the continued clang of which was nowmingled with confused cries of le Cur !NobodyII vous fait de gros yeux."