My Brother's Crown
“He even insisted there might be some money in it for them, that some Huguenots in the area had been offered all sorts of financial incentives to convert. Catherine could not imagine such a thing. As far as she was concerned, converting for money was even worse than converting because of persecution.
“You can send for the rest of the family and live here. They can open a print shop. Parisians like to read too, you know.” He chuckled. “Although we have much more to compete for our time than the L...yonnais.”
Grand-Mère shook her head. “There has been no talk of anyone converting.”
“Edouard did. He wrote to let me know.”
“Well, yes,” Grand-Mère said. “I certainly was not trying to hide that. But no one else is considering it.”
Eriq shifted in his chair. Catherine gave him a questioning look, but he didn’t meet her eyes. Did he know something he hadn’t told her?
Something about Pierre? Or Jules? One of the main reasons Uncle Edouard had become Catholic was to protect the print shop from being confiscated by the state.MoreLess
“You can send for the rest of the family and live here. They can open a print shop. Parisians like to read too, you know.” He chuckled. “Although we have much more to compete for our time than the L...yonnais.”
Grand-Mère shook her head. “There has been no talk of anyone converting.”
“Edouard did. He wrote to let me know.”
“Well, yes,” Grand-Mère said. “I certainly was not trying to hide that. But no one else is considering it.”
Eriq shifted in his chair. Catherine gave him a questioning look, but he didn’t meet her eyes. Did he know something he hadn’t told her?
Something about Pierre? Or Jules? One of the main reasons Uncle Edouard had become Catholic was to protect the print shop from being confiscated by the state.MoreLess
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