disposition, which is a good one, than by your neglected education."

"Let the good woman have her say," remarked the philosopher, "and
let her be reassured; I am a very religious man."

"That's right!" exclaimed my mother. "One has to worship the holy
name of God."

"I worship all His names, my good lady. He has more than one. He is
called Adonai, Tetragrammaton, Jehovah, Otheres, Athanatos and
Schyros. And there are many more names."

"I did not know," said my mother. "But what you say, sir, does not
surprise me; I have remarked that people of condition have always
more names than the lower people. I am a native of Auneau, near the
town of Chartres, and I was but a child when the lord of our village
left this world for another. I remember very well when the herald
proclaimed the demise of the late lord, he gave him nearly as many
names as you find in the All Saints litany. I willingly believe that
God has more names than the Lord of Auneau had, as His condition is
a much higher one. Learned people are very happy to know them all.
and if you will advance my son Jacques in this knowledge I shall, my
dear sir, be very much obliged to you."

"Well, the matter is understood," said the philosopher, "and you,
reverend sir, I trust it will please you to translate from the
Greek, for salary, let it be understood."

My good tutor, who was collecting all this while the few thoughts in
his brain which were not already desperately mixed up with the fumes