Last evening, after you had gone upstairs, I had quite a talk with the Abbe Cornille, and he explained to me why Monseigneur, after great hesitation, had at last decided to call his son to Beaumont.

One of his greatest troubles was the impetuosity of the young man, the uncontrollable haste which he manifested to plunge into the excitement of life, without listening to the advice of his elders.

After having with pain renounced all hope of making him a priest, his father found that he could not establish him in any occupation suitable to his rank and his fortune.

He would never be anything but a headstrong fellow, restless, wandering, yielding to his artistic tastes when so inclined.

He was alarmed at seeing in his son traits of character like those from which he himself had so cruelly suffered.