He told me he could not tell exactly to what degree the plantation was improved; but this he knew, that my partner was grown exceeding rich upon the enjoying his part of it; and that, to the best of his remembrance, he had heard that the king’s third of my part, which was, it seems, granted away to some other monastery or religious house, amounted to above two hundred moidores a year: that as to my being restored to a quiet possession of it, there was no question to be made of that, my partner being alive to witness my title, and my name being also enrolled in the register of the country; also he told me that the survivors of my two trustees were very fair, honest people, and very wealthy; and he believed I would not only have their assistance for putting me in possession, but would find a very considerable sum of money in their hands for my account, being the produce of the farm while their fathers held the trust, and before it was given up, as above; which, as he remembered, was for about twelve years.
Ce dont j'ai meilleure souvenance, c'est d'avoir ouï dire que le tiers de votre portion, dévolu au Roi, et qui, ce me semble, a été octroyé à quelque monastère ou maison religieuse, montait à plus 200 MOIDORES par an. Quant à être rétabli en paisible possession de votre bien, cela ne fait pas de doute, votre partner vivant encore pour témoigner de vos droits, et votre nom étant enregistré sur le cadastre du pays.»--Il me dit aussi:--«Les survivants de vos deux curateurs sont de très-probes et de très-honnêtes gens, fort riches, et je pense que non-seulement vous aurez leur assistance pour rentrer en possession, mais que vous trouverez entre leurs mains pour votre compte une somme très-considérable.