The worthy man strongly recommended Rabourdin, saying he should die with less regret if he could know that his successor were the man who had so constantly done his work.

Death is a torture which makes a man confess everything.

The minister agreed the more readily because his intention and that of the Council was to reward Monsieur Rabourdin's numerous services.

In fact, the Council of State needs his experience.

They say that young La Billardiere is to leave the division of his father and go to the Commission of Seals; that's just the same as if the King had made him a present of a hundred thousand francs,--the place can always be sold.