We had ordered travelling suits; and when they were brought home, the places which your Majesty was besieging were taken." Louis XIV.

was not displeased.

Racine thenceforth accompanied him in all his campaigns; Boileau, who ailed a great deal, and was of shy disposition, remained at Paris.

His friend wrote to, him constantly, at one time from the camp and at another from Versailles, whither he returned with the king.

"Madame de Maintenon told me, this, morning," writes Racine, "that the king had fixed our pensions at four thousand francs for me and two thousand for you: that is, not including our literary pensions.