M.and Madam de Malby seemed pleased to see me again, and several times invited me to dinner.

At their house I became acquainted with the Abbe de Malby, as I had already done with the Abbe de Condillac, both of whom were on a visit to their brother.

The Abbe de Malby gave me letters to Paris; among others, one to M.de Pontenelle, and another to the Comte de Caylus.
These were very agreeable acquaintances, especially the first, to whose friendship for me his death only put a period, and from whom, in our private conversations, I received advice which I ought to have more exactly followed.
I likewise saw M.Bordes, with whom I had been long acquainted, and who had frequently obliged me with the greatest cordiality and the most real pleasure.

He it was who enabled me to sell my books; and he also gave me from himself good recommendations to Paris.

I again saw the intendant for whose acquaintance I was indebted to M.Bordes, and who introduced me to the Duke de Richelieu, who was then passing through Lyons.