"I perceive," said he, "that the first entry was made on the evening after the--well, the accident.

This is it: 'October 26, 1842.

Early this morning went out shooting with Octave de Mussidan.

We were accompanied by Ludovic, a groom, and by a young man named Montlouis, whom Octave intends one day to make his steward.

It was a splendid day, and by twelve o'clock I had killed a leash of hares.