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However
,
where
some
people
saw
abstraction
,
others
saw
truth
.
A
cloud
fell
across
the
end
of
the
first
month
of
the
disease
because
of
a
marked
aggravation
of
the
epidemic
and
an
impassioned
sermon
by
Father
Paneloux
,
the
Jesuit
priest
who
had
ministered
to
old
Michel
at
the
start
of
his
illness
.
Father
Paneloux
had
previously
distinguished
himself
by
his
frequent
contributions
to
the
bulletin
of
the
Geographical
Society
of
Oran
,
with
his
authoritative
reconstructions
of
epigraphs
.
But
he
had
reached
a
wider
audience
than
that
of
a
mere
specialist
with
a
series
of
lectures
that
he
gave
on
modern
individualism
.
Here
he
had
warmly
defended
a
demanding
form
of
Christianity
which
rejected
both
modern
liberalism
and
the
obscurantism
of
previous
centuries
.
In
these
lectures
he
had
not
spared
his
listeners
some
hard
truths
.
Hence
his
reputation
.
Then
,
at
the
end
of
this
same
month
,
the
ecclesiastical
authorities
of
the
town
decided
to
wage
war
on
the
plague
by
their
own
means
,
by
organizing
a
week
of
collective
prayer
.
This
demonstration
of
public
piety
was
to
end
on
the
Sunday
with
a
solemn
mass
under
the
auspices
of
Saint
Roch
,
the
saint
who
was
a
victim
of
plague
.
Father
Paneloux
was
asked
to
preach
on
the
occasion
.
For
the
preceding
fortnight
he
had
torn
himself
away
from
his
work
on
Saint
Augustine
and
the
African
Church
which
had
won
him
a
special
place
in
his
order
.
A
man
of
fiery
and
passionate
temperament
,
he
had
resolutely
accepted
the
mission
with
which
he
was
entrusted
.
A
long
time
before
the
sermon
,
people
in
the
town
were
talking
about
it
and
,
in
its
way
,
it
marked
an
important
date
in
the
history
of
that
time
.
The
week
of
prayer
was
observed
by
many
.
It
is
not
that
ordinarily
the
people
of
Oran
are
especially
pious
.
On
Sunday
mornings
,
for
example
,
sea
bathing
offers
serious
competition
to
church
-
going
.
Nor
was
it
the
case
that
they
had
seen
the
light
in
a
sudden
conversion
.
But
,
on
the
one
hand
,
with
the
town
closed
and
the
port
barred
,
it
was
no
longer
possible
to
bathe
;
and
,
on
the
other
,
they
were
in
a
rather
odd
state
of
mind
where
,
without
having
fully
accepted
in
themselves
the
surprising
events
in
which
they
were
caught
up
,
they
did
obviously
believe
that
something
had
changed
.
However
,
many
still
hoped
that
the
epidemic
would
end
and
that
they
and
their
families
would
be
spared
.
As
a
result
,
they
did
not
yet
feel
any
sense
of
obligation
.
For
them
the
plague
was
only
an
unpleasant
visitor
which
would
leave
one
day
as
it
had
entered
.
They
were
scared
but
not
desperate
and
the
time
had
yet
to
come
when
the
plague
would
seem
to
them
like
the
very
shape
of
their
lives
and
when
they
would
forget
the
existence
that
they
had
led
in
the
days
before
.
In
short
,
they
were
neither
here
nor
there
.
As
for
religion
,
like
several
other
problems
,
the
plague
had
put
them
in
a
peculiar
state
of
mind
,
as
far
removed
from
indifference
as
from
passion
,
which
might
quite
well
have
been
defined
by
the
word
"
objectivity
"
.
For
example
,
most
of
those
who
followed
the
week
of
prayer
could
have
subscribed
to
the
observation
that
one
of
the
faithful
made
to
Dr
Rieux
:
"
In
any
event
,
it
can
’
t
do
any
harm
.
"
Even
Tarrou
,
having
remarked
in
his
notebook
that
the
Chinese
in
such
cases
go
and
play
the
tambourine
in
front
of
the
genie
of
the
plague
,
noted
that
it
was
quite
impossible
in
reality
to
know
whether
the
tambourine
was
more
effective
than
other
preventive
health
measures
.
He
added
only
that
to
decide
the
question
one
would
need
to
be
informed
as
to
the
existence
of
a
genie
of
the
plague
and
that
our
ignorance
in
the
matter
negated
any
opinion
that
one
might
have
.
In
any
case
,
the
cathedral
of
our
town
had
a
more
or
less
full
congregation
throughout
the
week
.
On
the
first
days
many
inhabitants
still
remained
outside
in
the
gardens
of
palm
and
pomegranate
trees
which
extend
in
front
of
its
porch
,
to
listen
to
the
wave
of
invocations
and
prayers
that
flowed
out
into
the
streets
.
Bit
by
bit
,
encouraged
by
example
,
the
same
listeners
made
up
their
minds
to
go
in
and
timidly
add
their
voices
to
the
responses
of
the
congregation
.
And
on
Sunday
a
considerable
crowd
poured
into
the
nave
,
overflowing
into
the
porch
and
the
top
steps
.
Since
the
evening
before
the
sky
had
been
overcast
and
rain
was
pouring
down
.
Those
who
remained
outside
had
opened
umbrellas
.
As
Father
Paneloux
climbed
the
steps
into
the
pulpit
,
a
scent
of
incense
and
damp
clothing
hovered
in
the
air
.
He
was
of
medium
height
,
but
stocky
.
When
he
leant
forward
across
the
edge
of
the
pulpit
,
his
large
hands
clasping
the
wood
,
one
could
see
nothing
of
him
except
a
thick
,
black
shape
surmounted
by
the
two
patches
of
his
cheeks
,
flushed
red
behind
his
steel
-
rimmed
glasses
.
He
had
a
strong
,
impassioned
voice
which
carried
a
long
way
,
so
when
he
launched
a
single
vehement
and
thundering
attack
on
his
listeners
—
"
My
brethren
,
a
calamity
has
befallen
you
;
my
brethren
,
you
have
deserved
it
"
—
a
stir
ran
through
the
congregation
as
far
as
the
west
door
.
Logically
,
what
followed
did
not
seem
to
tie
in
with
this
resounding
first
sentence
.
Only
after
the
remainder
of
the
oration
did
the
people
realize
that
,
by
a
clever
rhetorical
device
,
like
a
boxer
delivering
a
blow
,
the
priest
had
imparted
the
theme
of
his
entire
sermon
at
a
single
stroke
.
Indeed
,
immediately
after
this
sentence
,
Paneloux
quoted
the
passage
from
Exodus
concerning
the
plague
in
Egypt
and
said
:
"
The
first
time
that
this
tribulation
appeared
in
history
,
it
was
to
strike
down
the
enemies
of
God
.
Pharaoh
opposed
the
designs
of
the
Eternal
and
the
plague
brought
him
to
his
knees
.
Since
the
beginning
of
history
,
the
scourge
of
God
has
brought
down
the
proud
and
the
blind
beneath
His
feet
.
Think
on
this
and
fall
to
your
knees
.
