People understood life quite as well as we do.

They kept the pot boiling till it cracked, and then they put it on the shelf altogether." "Are you very religious ?" asked Newman, in a tone which gave the inquiry a grotesque effect.
M.de Bellegarde evidently appreciated the comical element in the question, but he looked at Newman a moment with extreme soberness.

"I am a very good Catholic.

I respect the Church.

I adore the blessed Virgin.
I fear the Devil." "Well, then," said Newman, "you are very well fixed.