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These events occurred a few days before the cardinal had

despatched a litter to bring the mother and daughter to their

abode.

Upon their arrival they went to the parsonage; orders having been

left for their immediate admittance to the presence of the

cardinal. The chaplain, who conducted them thither, gave them

many instructions with regard to the ceremony to be used with

him, and the titles to be given him; it was a continual torment

to the poor man to behold the little ceremony that reigned around

the good archbishop in this respect. "This results," he was

accustomed to say, "from the excessive goodness of this blessed

man-from his great familiarity." And he added that he had "even

heard people address him with Yes, sir, and No, sir!"