Il refusa l’ordre qu’on lui offrait, et dans sa réponse parla de l’état de sa santé comme ne lui laissant que bien peu d’espérance de pouvoir s’acquitter longtemps encore des pénibles travaux du ministère.
He declined the Order that was offered him, and in his reply spoke of the state of his health as allowing him but little hope of being able to carry on for much longer the arduous duties of the Ministry.