The Recollets are all afraid to hurl it back."
"Not all," was the reply; "the Reverend Father de Berey would have
thrown it back with a vengeance. But I confess, Le Mercier, the
Padre is a bold fellow to pitch into the Honnetes Gens the way he
does. I did not think he would have ventured upon it here in the
market, in face of so many habitans, who swear by the Bourgeois
Philibert."
The bold denunciations by the preacher against the Honnetes Gens and
against the people's friend and protector, the Bourgeois Philibert,
caused a commotion in the crowd of habitans, who began to utter
louder and louder exclamations of dissent and remonstrance. A close
observer would have noticed angry looks and clenched fists in many
parts of the crowd, pressing closer and closer round the platform.
The signs of increasing tumult in the crowd did not escape the sharp
eyes of Father Glapion, who, seeing that the hot-blooded Italian was
overstepping the bounds of prudence in his harangue, called him by
name, and with a half angry sign brought his sermon suddenly to a
close.
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