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The seignior being no longer known on his estates everybody pillages him, which is right."[1306] Everywhere, except in remote comers, the affection and unity of the two classes has disappeared; the shepherd is separated from his flock, and pastors of the people end in being considered its parasites.
Let us first follow them into the provinces.

We here find only the minor class of nobles and a portion of those of medium rank; the rest are in Paris.[1307] There is the same line of separation in the church: abbes-commendatory, bishops and archbishops very seldom live at home.
The grand-vicars and canons live in the large towns; only priors and curates dwell in the rural districts.