Word: bons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the girl, being 23 years old, had every right to enter into a marriage contract. A letter from the Abbe to Lucile was introduced in evidence. It said, in part, "You must remain free . . . the marriage at Newport means nothing . . . Nothing obliges you to marry him . . . May le bon Dieu help you in your decision." In the court's opinion, this "constituted not advice, but an order." The facts, Judge Caron. found, clearly established that both mother and priest had refused to let Jacob Nicol see his wife, and "on these grounds alone" he was entitled to damages...
...Bon Dieu!" he stared. "Are we not people of the world? Are we concerned with pettifogging prejudices? I marvel that you strain at such a gnat...