But he was the greatest Adjutant General, the greatest Quartermaster General, the greatest Commissary General, that Europe had seen.

He may indeed be said to have made a revolution in the art of disciplining, distributing, equipping and provisioning armies.

In spite, however, of his abilities and of his services, he had become odious to Lewis and to her who governed Lewis.
On the last occasion on which the King and the minister transacted business together, the ill humour on both sides broke violently forth.
The servant, in his vexation, dashed his portfolio on the ground.

The master, forgetting, what he seldom forgot, that a King should be a gentleman, lifted his cane.

Fortunately his wife was present.