père

One day, recovering from loss of consciousness, he asked Pere Tellier to give him absolution for all his sins.

"You may bring up the bundle, porter," quoth the Pere Noble.

Pere Grandet returned from the garden with the fruit and arranged a plateful on the kitchen-table.

"Come to the chateau, you and your otter,—if you really have one," he said to Pere Fourchon.

It was not, however, pere Kontzen's terrace nor his appetizing fried dishes that drew them on.