Note 89 — XI. THE GENTLEMEN OF PORT-ROYAL.[88]

The solitaries of Port-Royal used to vary their mental toil with manual. A Jesuit having maliciously asked whether it was true that Monsieur Pascal made shoes, met with the awkward repartee, “Je ne sais pas s’il fait des souliers, mais je crois qu’il vous a porté une fameuse botte.”