I will have this confessor dismissed, Joseph; he is an enemy to the State, I see it clearly.

But I myself have acted with negligence for some days past; I have not sufficiently hastened the arrival of the young d'Effiat, who will doubtless succeed.

He is handsome and intellectual, they say.

What a blunder! I myself merit disgrace.

To leave that fox of a Jesuit with the King, without having given him my secret instructions, without a hostage, a pledge, or his fidelity to my orders! What neglect! Joseph, take a pen, and write what I shall dictate for the other confessor, whom we will choose better.