Everhard

This Everhard is an Englishman, to begin with; he will be able to conciliate and disarm suspicion and distrust, and establish the Catholic faith on a footing that can be made the most of hereafter.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

I have already told you that Father Everhard is a priest, and consequently bound down by a creed, as far as words and outward expressions go: he seldom says in words that he thinks with me, but how I am learning to read his thoughts.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

* This division of society made by Everhard is in accordance with that made by Lucien Sanial, one of the statistical authorities of that time.

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There was a boldness, a magnanimous temerity, in Everhard's book, which excited his sympathy, and he resolved to pay his old comrade a visit in the very teeth of episcopal decorum.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

Gifford received a letter in Everhard's hand-writing; he read it half through, and then retired in manifest perturbation.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

"Everhard is an enthusiast in his own way, your Holiness," rejoined the cardinal, "and we want men of that stamp among us."

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

Some time had now elapsed since the violent crisis in Everhard's religious opinions.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

The idea of being jealous of either Zoe or Everhard never occurred to him; and, indeed, could he have known all that was in Everhard's heart, it would have increased rather than shaken the esteem in which he held him.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

Everhard is a name that has been in the family for generations, so I shall not so much mind his not being my son, but I expect he will bind himself to marry, that there may be no danger of the business going to a still more distant connexion.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

Many men in Everhard's position might have come to the conclusion of the necessity of this step, but there was this peculiarity in Everhard's case, that he was perfectly sincere in his determination to carry it out; for he was not one who ever trifled either with himself or others.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845