He had left them; he had become a courtier; he had two good places, one in the Treasury, the other in the household.

He had recently received from the King's own hand a gratuity of two thousand guineas.

[147] It seemed perfectly natural that he should defend abuses by which he profited.

The taunts and reproaches with which he was assailed were insupportable to his sensitive nature.

He lost his head, almost fainted away on the floor of the House, and talked about righting himself in another place.