Un beau jour, il apprit que Sa Majesté avait daigné accepter gracieusement la démission qu’il donnait de son emploi dans l’administration, et en même temps lui conférait la place de second grand majordome major du royaume lombardo-vénitien.
One fine day he learned that His Majesty had been graciously pleased to accept the resignation which he had submitted of his post in the administration, and at the same time conferred on him the place of _Second Grand Major-domo Major_ of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom.