[The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac]@TWC D-Link bookThe Lesser Bourgeoisie CHAPTER III 11/16
Soon after, in 1826, Colleville was appointed sub-director of the Clergeot division, and later, in 1828, collector of taxes in a Paris arrondissement.
He also received the cross of the Legion of honor, to enable him to put his daughter at the royal school of Saint-Denis.
The half-scholarship obtained by Keller for the eldest boy, Charles, was transferred to the second in 1830, when Charles entered the school of Saint-Louis on a full scholarship.
The third son, taken under the protection of Madame la Dauphine, was provided with a three-quarter scholarship in the Henri IV.
school. In 1830 Colleville, who had the good fortune not to lose a child, was obliged, owing to his well-known attachment to the fallen royal family, to send in his resignation; but he was clever enough to make a bargain for it,--obtaining in exchange a pension of two thousand four hundred francs, based on his period of service, and ten thousand francs indemnity paid by his successor; he also received the rank of officer of the Legion of honor.
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