A few moments, which were in general very short. The book I commonl

I have made on him, and with a pen
not given to praise, the finest eulogium a minister ever received." I
then showed him the passage. "And in Emilius?" replied he. "Not a word,"
said
I; "there is not in it a single word which relates to him."--"Ah!" said
he, with more vivacity
than was common to him, "you should have taken the same care in the
other book, or have expressed yourself more clearly!"
"I thought," replied I, "what I wrote could not be misconstrued; my
esteem for him was such as to make me extremely cautious
not to be equivocal." He was again going
to speak; I perceived him ready
to open his mind: he stopped short and held his tongue.
Wretched policy
of a courtier, which in the best of hearts, subjugates friendship
itself! This conversation
although short,
explained to me my situation, at least in certain respects,
and gave me to
understand that it was against myself the anger of administration was
raised.
The unheard of fatality,
which turned to my prejudice all the good I did and wrote, afflicted

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