He did not perceive the reasons or the consequences of it, and this was what induced him to haggle.

After speaking of the Republic as though it were a mistress whom, to his great grief, he could no longer love, he recapitulated the risks which he would have to run, and finished by asking for two thousand francs.

But Felicite abided by her original offer.

They debated the matter until she promised to procure him, on his return to France, some post in which he would have nothing to do, and which would pay him well.

The bargain was then concluded.