His annual expenses, which all Nemours could estimate, did not exceed eighteen hundred francs a year.

Like most old men his wants in linen, boots, and clothing, were very few.

Every six months he went to Paris, no doubt to draw and reinvest his income.

In fifteen years he never said a single word to any one in relation to his affairs.

His confidence in Bongrand was of slow growth; it was not until after the revolution of 1830 that he told him of his projects.