To crown the insult,
he wanted next to go to the seminary, and repeat the spectacle there;
but, warning having been given, he was met on the way, and begged to
refrain. He dared not persist, and withdrew in very ill-humor."
[Footnote: La Tour, _Vie de Laval, liv._ xii.]
Not one of numerous contemporary papers, both official and private,
and written in great part by enemies of Frontenac, contains the
slightest allusion to any such story, and many of them are wholly
inconsistent with it. It may safely be set down as a fabrication to
blacken the memory of the governor, and exhibit the bishop and his
adherents as victims of persecution. [2]
[1] "Mr. l'Evesque accuse publiquement le Rev. Pere Joseph, superieur
des Recollets de Montreal, d'etre l'entremetteur d'une galanterie
entre sa soeur et le Gouverneur. Cependant Mr. l'Evesque sait
certainement que le Pere Joseph est l'un des meilleurs et des plus
saints religieux de son ordre. Ce qu'il allegue du pretendu commerce
entre le Gouverneur et la Dame de la Naudiere (_soeur du Pere
Joseph_) est entierement faux, et il l'a publie avec scandale, sans
preuve et contre toute apparence, la ditte Dame ayant toujours eu une
conduite irreprochable." _Memoire touchant le Demesle, etc.
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