I should tell you, he has for some time made it his business to keep M.de Keroual informed of your career; with what purpose I leave you to judge.

When he first brought the news of your--that you were serving Buonaparte, it seemed it might be the death of the old gentleman, so hot was his resentment.

But from one thing to another, matters have a little changed.

Or I should rather say, not a little.

We learned you were under orders for the Peninsula, to fight the English; then that you had been commissioned for a piece of bravery, and were again reduced to the ranks.