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Sobriety , however , can only count as a virtue when there are other virtues to support it . The ban of public opinion lay heavily upon Gilliatt . In any case , as a marcou , Gilliatt had it in his power to render great services . On a certain Good Friday , at midnight , a day and an hour propitious to this kind of cure , all the scrofulous people of the island , either by sudden inspiration , or by concerted action , presented themselves in a crowd at the Bû de la Rue , and with pitiable sores and imploring gestures , called on Gilliatt to make them clean . But he refused ; and herein the people found another proof of his malevolence . Such was the character of Gilliatt . The young women considered him ugly .