He accordingly abstains, and abandons public affairs to them.

Unemployed, bored, what could he now do on his domain, where he no longer reigns, and where dullness overpowers him?
He betakes himself to the city, and especially to the court.

Moreover, only here can he pursue a career; to be successful he has to become a courtier.

It is the will of the king, one must frequent his apartments to obtain his favors; otherwise, on the first application for them the answer will be, "Who is he?
He is a man that I never see." In the king's eyes there is no excuse for absence, even should the cause is a conversion, with penitence for a motive.

In preferring God to the king, he has deserted.