A la table de l’hôtel où il était descendu, il ne fit point mystère de ses projets et de son dévouement ; il trouva des jeunes gens d’une douceur aimable, encore plus enthousiastes que lui, et qui, en peu de jours, ne manquèrent pas de lui voler tout l’argent qu’il possédait.
At table in the hotel in which he was staying, he made no mystery about his plans; he found several young men with charming manners, even more enthusiastic than himself, who, in a very few days, did not fail to rob him of all the money that he possessed.