In France, the three estates included the Church, the nobles, and the peasants. I believe that the same thing happened in England - nobles and peasants were a part of these estates in medieval England, and later on merchants, or tradesmen were added. But I would say that scholars didn't belong to any of the three estates in medieval English society, however, I am not completely sure.
Irony: "I've got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. ... Elie means that Hitler has kept his promise of killing off all the Jews, while God has not kept any of his to help.