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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: of his superiors.
An awkward silence ensued, which the Abbe de Rastignac broke by a
speech that was full of aristocratic assumption.
"You have a very poor church, monsieur," he said.
"It is too small," replied Monsieur Bonnet. "On the great fete-days
the old men bring benches to the porch, and the young men stand
outside in a circle; but the silence is so great that all can hear my
voice."
Gabriel was silent for some moments.
"If the inhabitants are so religious how can you let the building
remain in such a state of nudity?" he said at last.
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