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Dubois left at five o'clock in the morning, in a hunting-dress, for Pautoix, where he found M. de Tressan, who, according to his promise, bestowed on him the deaconship, the archdeaconship, and the priesthood.

From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Dumas père, Alexandre