Le matin où, à la suite d’une orgie, il se trouva décidément volé, il acheta deux beaux chevaux, prit pour domestique un ancien soldat palefrenier du maquignon, et, dans son mépris pour les jeunes Parisiens beaux parleurs, partit pour l’armée.
On the morning when, after an orgy overnight, he found that he had been decidedly robbed, he bought a fine pair of horses, engaged as servant an old soldier, one of the dealer's grooms, and, filled with contempt for the young men of Paris with their fine speeches, set out to join the army.