He had never thought, he said, of casting doubt on the obedience he owed his bishop; but for all that he did not accept his harshness and injustice. ###>Il n’avait jamais songé, disait-il, à mettre en doute la soumission qu’il devait à son évêque; mais il n’acceptait pas, pour autant, sa dureté et son injustice.