It was with this hope that he risked a refusal.
The landed proprietor replied; the poet was silent.

And now there was nothing to expect from any one.

Glady was his last resort.
In explaining his situation to Glady he lightened the misery instead of exaggerating it.

For it was not only his upholsterer that he owed, but also his tailor, his bootmaker, his coal-dealer, his concierge, and all those with whom he had dealings.

In reality, his creditors had not harassed him very much until lately, but this state of affairs would not last when they saw him prosecuted; they also would sue him, and how could he defend himself?
How should he live?
His only resource would be to return to the Hotel du Senat, where even they would not leave him in peace, or to his native town and become a country doctor.