He was so eager to put an end to it that he went to see the governor, and told him the scandal was becoming too great in his opinion: the assemblies ought to be put an end to by allowing the troops to fall upon them and disperse them; but the governor thought quite otherwise, and told Baville that to act according to his advice would be to set fire to the province again and to scatter for ever people whom they had got together with such difficulty.

In any case, he reminded Baville that what he objected to would be over in a few days.

His opinion was that de Baville might stifle the expression of his dissatisfaction for a little, to bring about a great good.

"More than that," added the marechal, "the impatience of the priests is most ridiculous.

Besides your remonstrances, of which I hope I have now heard the last, I have received numberless letters full of such complaints that it would seem as if the prayers of the Camisards not only grated on the ears of the clergy but flayed them alive.