Volume V Part 79 (2/2)
”Whose bed is this?” cried thecadet
”Good! but it is not you I aovernor presented hi him with the title of blockhead, proceeded to scold hi that there was a servant, and that the governor ought to see that he did his work properly This disgusting scene was enough for me, and I hastened to call on Marshal Keith to announce hed at the description I gave hiht to despise such an office; but that I ought, nevertheless, to go and thank the king before I left Berlin I said I did not feel inclined for another intervieith such a reed to present my thanks and excuses in an ood earnest Baron Treidel supported ive me a letter of introduction to his sister, the duchess of Courland I wrote to M de Bragadin to 'give , and to reh him every month a sum which would keep me in comfort
I could not travel without a servant, and chance kindly providedLorrainer came in; like Bias, he bore all his fortune with him, but, in his case, it was carried under his arm He introduced himself thus:
”Madam, e here”
”Very good, sir, but youevery day”
”That, , but I shall have some money when I discover who I am”
”I am afraid I cannot put you up on those conditions, sir”
He was going aith a mortified air, when my heart was touched, and I called him back
”Stay,” said I, ”I will pay for you to-day”
Happiness beaot in that little bundle?” said I
”Two shi+rts, a score of mathematical books, and so him tolerably well educated, I asked him how he came to be in such a state of destitution
”I coiiven me a blow in a coffee-house I paid him a visit the next day in his own room and stabbed him there
”After this I went home, made up my bundle, and left the town I walked all the way and lived soberly, so thatTo-morrow I shall write to my mother, who lives at Luneville, and I am sure she will send ?”
”I want to becoineer, but if needs must I aive you board and lodging till you hear from your mother”
”Heaven has sent you in ratefully
I did not suspect hih he stumbled somewhat in his narrative However , as then at Strasburg, to enquire if the tale were true
The next day I happened tomen of education were so plentiful that they did not receive the to serve as co an to spend some time with him every day inhi, and broached the subject to hiood fortune for ladly wait on you as a servant during the journey”
He spoke French badly, but as he was a Lorrainer I was not astonished at that Nevertheless I was surprised to find that he did not knoord of Latin, and that his spelling was of the wildest description He saw , but did not seeone to school to learn lad that he had escaped the infliction of learning grammar Indeed, on every subject besides norant He had no manners whatever; in fact, he was a mere peasant