"See the banner they bear! Ah, neighbors, 'tis a joyful thing to have it among us! Beyond a doubt it will save us; see, it shows the devil in flames, and a monk fastening a chain round his neck, to keep him in hell.

Ah, here come the judges--noble gentlemen! dear gentlemen! Look at their red robes; how beautiful! Blessed be the Virgin, they've been well chosen!" "Every man of them is a personal enemy of the Cure," whispered the Count du Lude to the advocate Fournier, who took a note of the information.
"Don't you know them, neighbors ?" pursued the shrill, sharp voice of the old woman, as she elbowed one and pinched another of those near her to attract their attention to the objects of her admiration; "see, there's excellent Monsieur Mignon, whispering to Messieurs the Counsellors of the Court of Poitiers; Heaven bless them all, say I!" "Yes, there are Roatin, Richard, and Chevalier--the very men who tried to have him dismissed a year ago," continued M.du Lude, in undertones, to the young advocate, who, surrounded and hidden from public observation by the group of dark-clad citizens, was writing down his observations in a note-book under his cloak.
"Here; look, look!" screamed the woman.

"Make way! here's Monsieur Barre, the Cure of Saint-Jacques at Chinon." "A saint!" murmured one bystander.
"A hypocrite!" exclaimed a manly voice.
"See how thin he is with fasting!" "See how pale he is with remorse!" "He's the man to drive away devils!" "Yes, but not till he's done with them for his own purposes." The dialogue was interrupted by the general exclamation, "How beautiful she is!" The Superior of the Ursulines advanced, followed by all her nuns.

Her white veil was raised; in order that the people might see the features of the possessed ones, it had been ordered that it should be thus with her and six of the sisterhood.

Her attire had no distinguishing feature, except a large rosary extending from her neck nearly to her feet, from which hung a gold cross; but the dazzling pallor of her face, rendered still more conspicuous by the dark hue of her capuchon, at once fixed the general gaze upon her.