He's pretty much the best person ever; I think any objective person can agree on that. It just makes it even more incomprehensible how authors like Hilary Mantel have managed to dislike him enough to portray him as evil. O.O;

I KNOW. It's so adorable and tragic. ;_____; Poor Le Bas.

Yes, it has the advantage of being both very sweet and very accurate. And we have Paul Coutant-Le Bas to thank for it this time, since this is his transition to the next chapter, rather than my random mid-chapter cut. XD