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Then , urging on his horse , he drove at a trot up the hill that led to the Paradou . Sunday was a busy day for Abbe Mouret . He had to think of vespers , which he generally said to empty seats , for even mother Brichet did not carry her piety so far as to go back to church in the afternoon . Then , at four o'clock , Brother Archangias brought the little rogues from his school to repeat their catechism to his reverence . This lesson sometimes lasted until late . When the children showed themselves quite intractable , La Teuse was summoned to frighten them with her broom . On that particular Sunday , about four o'clock , Desiree found herself quite alone in the parsonage .