And you are happy, my good fellow ?" "So happy, my dear friend, that I am sometimes uneasy, for the good God is too kind to me.

It is true, though, I had to work very hard.

For instance, I passed two years in Spain--in the mountains of that infernal country.

There I built a fairy palace for the Marquis of Buena-Vista, a great nobleman, who had seen my plan at the Exhibition and was delighted with it.

This was the beginning of my fortune; but you must not imagine that my profession alone has enriched me so quickly.