To make the most of his Jesuitical bent, he wrote a letter of nine pages to M. de Renal, in which he informed him of everything that had been said to him, and humbly asked his advice.
Pour profiter de sa verve jésuitique, il écrivit une lettre de neuf pages à M. de Rênal, dans laquelle il lui rendait compte de tout ce qu’on lui avait dit, et lui demandait humblement conseil.