Chapter 11: Chapter 11

X The Bishop in the Presence of an Unknown Light At an epoch a little later than the date of the letter cited in the preceding pages, he did a thing which, if the whole town was to be believed, was even more hazardous than his trip across the mountains infested with bandits. In the country near Digne a man lived quite alone. This man, we will state at once, was a former member of the Convention. His name was G—— Member of the Convention, G—— was mentioned with a sort of horror …