His circumstances, he assured me, and I had no difficulty in believing it, were exceedingly bad. He had found the law a most unprofitable study, and was now absolutely resolved on being ordained, if I would present him to the living in question--of which he trusted there could be little doubt, as he was well assured that I had no other person to provide for, and I could not have forgotten my revered father's intentions.
Sa situation, me disait-il, – et je n’avais nulle peine a le croire, – était des plus genées ; il avait reconnu que le droit était une carriere sans avenir et, si je consentais a lui accorder le bénéfice en question, il était maintenant fermement résolu a se faire ordonner. Mon assentiment lui semblait indubitable car il savait que je n’avais pas d’autre candidat qui m’intéressât spécialement, et je ne pouvais, certainement, avoir oublié le vou de mon pere a ce sujet.