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murderer。 The terrified woman drew the indictment at the Abb's method of instruction。
For once in his life the Abb's character
was revealed before he parted his lips in speech。 Unmoved he stood and
immovable； he treated the imprecations of the Marquis with a cold disdain；
as the burden of proof grew heavy on his back； he shrugged his shoulders
in weary indifference。 He told his monstrous story with a cynical
contempt； which has scarce its equal in the history of crime； and priest； as
he was； he proved that he did not yield to the Marquis himself in the
Rabelaisian amplitude of his vocabulary。 He brought charges against the
weird world of Presles with an insouciance and brutality which defeated
their own aim。 He described the vices of his master and the sins of the
servants in a slang which would sit more gracefully upon an idle roysterer
than upon a pious Abb