There he related to them his pleasant narratives, and recited his numerous verses.
Indeed, he even began to be patronized.

His master addressed him as "Moussu,"-- the master who had threatened him with ending his days in the hospital! Thus far, everything had gone well with him.

What with shaving, hairdressing, and rhyming, two years soon passed away.

Jasmin was now eighteen, and proposed to start business on his own account.
This required very little capital; and he had already secured many acquaintances who offered to patronize him.

M.Boyer d'Agen, who has recently published the works of Jasmin, with a short preface and a bibliography,{4} says that he first began business as a hairdresser in the Cour Saint-Antoine, now the Cour Voltaire.