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BG.782.092
7 Oct 1782:41 (1467)
Humorous anecdote of a celebrated droll preacher in Paris,
know by the name of Le Petit Pere Andre, The Little Father
Andrew.
A quick presence of mind often rescues a man from any
gross mistake into which he may have unavoidably plunged.
As for instance: The little doctor being to preach one day
in the church of his convent; in order that no part of his
time should go by unoccupied, during the prayers, previous
to the sermon, he was playing a game at cards in his room
with an intimate; but the bells ringing for him to mount the
pulpit just as they were in a warm debate about the hands
they held, he said, he could not then stay to decide the
matter, therefore tucked both up the sleeve of his gown, for
a fair discussion of the matter after sermon. . .
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