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cried the baroness . `` The peasants and the _ paludiers _ would be capable of rushing to Les Touches . Calyste is worthy of his name ; he is Breton ; some dreadful thing might happen to him , for he would surely defend her as he would the Blessed Virgin . '' `` It is now ten o'clock ; I must bid you good-night , '' said the abbe , lighting the wick of his lantern , the glass of which was clear and the metal shining , which testified to the care his housekeeper bestowed on the household property . `` Who could ever have told me , madame , '' he added , `` that a young man brought up by you , trained by me to Christian ideas , a fervent Catholic , a child who has lived as a lamb without spot , would plunge into such mire ? '' `` But is it certain ? '' said the mother .