The parish priest will not allow him to enter his church." As Chevalier had no relations left other than a sister, a working-woman at Pantin, Madame Doulce had undertaken to make arrangements for the funeral at the expense of the members of the company.
They gathered round her.

She continued: "The Church rejects him as though he were accurst! That's dreadful!" "Why ?" asked Romilly.
Madame Doulce replied in a very low tone and as if reluctantly: "Because he committed suicide." "We must see to this," said Pradel.
Romilly displayed an eager desire to be of service.
"The cure knows me," he said.

"He is a very decent fellow.

I'll just run over to Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, and I'd be greatly surprised if----" Madame Doulce shook her head sadly: "All is useless." "All the same, we must have a religious service," said Romilly, with all the authority of a stage-manager.
"Quite so," said Madame Doulce.
Madame Marie-Claire, deeply exercised in her mind, was of opinion that the priests could be compelled to say a Mass.
"Let us keep cool," said Pradel, caressing his venerable beard.

"Under Louis VIII the people broke in the doors of Saint-Roch, which had been closed to the coffin of Mademoiselle Raucourt.