"Never was so grand a fellow as this Bussy," he wrote.

The ministers and the Company cared little for the grandeur of Bussy or of Dupleix; what they sought was a dastardly security, incessantly troubled by the enterprises of the politician and the soldier.

The tone of England was more haughty than ever, in consequence of Clive's successes.

The recall of Dupleix was determined upon.
The Governor of Pondicherry had received no troops, but he had managed to reorganize an army, and had resumed the offensive in the Carnatic; Bussy, set free at last as to his movements in the Deccan, was preparing to rejoin Dupleix.

Clive was ill, and had just set out for England: fortune had once more changed front.