The Fox of France (Fan-Translation)

Chapter 7: Are you turning into a Freudian Devil?

 For some days thereafter, it was basically the same pattern: first buy two tickets for the coach, then draw a day's time, arrive at another city or town closer to Paris, and then find a monastery (if they can't find one, find a hotel), take a rest for one night, and then buy a coach ticket...

　　 In the evening of the tenth day, Priest Alfonso and Joseph finally arrived in Paris, the capital of France.

　　The stagecoach passed through the streets full of dust and finally stopped at a spot aptly timely snow. This is a street on the edge of Paris. On one side of the street is the gloomy tomb-like convent of the women of the Perpetual Adoration. On the other side are the chaotic, ruined houses inhabited by the poor.

The stagecoach can only go as far as the periphery of the French capital. As for moving forward, it is up to the passengers to continue to spend money to change to a public stage coach that will send them to their destination inside the city. If they do not have much money, then they have to rely on their own legs to walk.

Because the destination is far from here, and the area is not very safe. So Priest Alfonso took Joseph into a public carriage again, and it took about half an hour to arrive at the magnificent Abbey of Saint Genevieve Monastery.

　 This cathedral was later confiscated by the revolutionary government after the outbreak of the French Revolution and transformed into a cemetery dedicated to the burial of great men. This is the famous "Pantheon." However, at this time, Abbey of Saint Genevieve Monastery is still an important church belonging to the Catholic Church. This is not Joseph's destination, but it is the destination of Priest Alfonso. He took Joseph into the church and then asked him to wait in the reception room for a while he went to deliver the letter to the bishop here.

Joseph waited a while in the reception room and saw Priest Alfonso return.

"Well, I have sent the letter. Now I will take you to Father Jean Jacques."

The chapel where Father Jacques is located is a little far away. At this time, there were no public carriages. The two of them walked over there on foot along the road that was lit by whale oil street lights. The two walked for almost an hour, until the moon had risen to the old height, and then they walked to a small church. At this time, moonlight was shining diagonally, illuminating the steps in front of the church.

The chapel where Father Jacques is located is a little far away. At this time, there were no public carriages. The two of them walked over there on foot along the road that was lit by whale oil street lights. The two walked for almost an hour, until the moon had risen to the night sky, and then they walked to a small church. At this time, the moonlight was shining diagonally, illuminating the steps in front of the church.

Alfonso took Joseph up the steps and knocked on the door lightly. After a while, he saw light leaking from the crack in the door panel that could penetrate a little finger, and then he heard loud footsteps. The sound came down from the floor and then thumped all the way to the gate. Hearing that sound, it seemed that it was not a person who came by, but a grizzly bear.

"Wait a moment, I'll open the door... Damn it, take it, how come this door bolt is stuck... Ah, wait a minute, it will be fine soon..." A rough voice came from behind the door.

However, the door did not open immediately, as he said. They only heard a noise from inside the door. Sometimes it was pulled hard by the people inside, but it didn't open along with it, but there was a complaint from inside: "Damn it, what's the matter? Why can't it be opened? Ah, wait a moment."

　　 About ten minutes later, they heard a clicking sound from inside, and then the door was suddenly opened, and a gust of wind blew out from inside.