"I shall seldom be here myself; for I have gone into partnership with Pere Leger and Pere Margueron of Beaumont.

We are speculating in land, and we have begun by purchasing the estate of Persan.

I am the head of the concern, which has a capital of a million; part of which I have borrowed on my own securities.

When I find a good thing, Pere Leger and I examine it; my partners have each a quarter and I a half in the profits; but I do nearly all the work, and for that reason I shall be constantly on the road.

My wife lives here, in the faubourg du Roule, very plainly.