The addition which, in conjunction with M.de Francueil, she had made to my salary, was entirely of their own accord.

This year M.de Francueil, whose friendship for me daily increased, had it in his thoughts to place me more at ease, and in a less precarious situation.
He was receiver-general of finance.

M.Dudoyer, his cash-keeper, was old and rich, and wished to retire.

M.de Francueil offered me his place, and to prepare myself for it, I went during a few weeks, to Dudoyer, to take the necessary instructions.

But whether my talents were ill-suited to the employment, or that M.Dudoyer, who I thought wished to procure his place for another, was not in earnest in the instructions he gave me, I acquired by slow degrees, and very imperfectly, the knowledge I was in want of, and could never understand the nature of accounts, rendered intricate, perhaps designedly.