satisfied the sentiment, and found, moreover, That the honour of
beating a drum was likely to be its own reward, as it open'd no
further track of glory to him,--he retired a ses terres, and lived
comme il plaisoit a Dieu;--that is to say, upon nothing.

- And so, quoth Wisdom, you have hired a drummer to attend you in
this tour of yours through France and Italy!--Psha! said I, and do
not one half of our gentry go with a humdrum compagnon du voyage
the same round, and have the piper and the devil and all to pay
besides? When man can extricate himself with an equivoque in such
an unequal match,--he is not ill off.--But you can do something
else, La Fleur? said I.--O qu'oui! he could make spatterdashes, and
play a little upon the fiddle.--Bravo! said Wisdom.--Why, I play a
bass myself, said I;--we shall do very well. You can shave, and
dress a wig a little, La Fleur?--He had all the dispositions in the
world.--It is enough for heaven! said I, interrupting him,--and
ought to be enough for me.--So, supper coming in, and having a
frisky English spaniel on one side of my chair, and a French valet,
with as much hilarity in his countenance as ever Nature painted in
one, on the other,--I was satisfied to my heart's content with my
empire; and if monarchs knew what they would be at, they might be
as satisfied as I was.


MONTREUIL.


As La Fleur went the whole tour of France and Italy with me, and
will be often upon the stage, I must interest the reader a little
further in his behalf, by saying, that I had never less reason to