To-morrow, therefore, you can present yourself to Mongenod Bros., bankers, rue de la Victoire.A sum of two hundred and fifty thousand francs will be paid to you; this you must immediately employ in the purchase of real estate, applying part of the surplus to obtain an interest in some newspaper which, when the right time comes, will support your candidacy, and the rest in another expense I shall presently explain to you.
Your political aptitude is guaranteed to me by the person who, with a disinterested zeal for which I shall ever be grateful, has watched over you since you were abandoned.For some time past he has secretly followed you and listened to you, and he is certain that you will make yourself a dignified position in the Chamber.
Your opinions of ardent yet moderate liberalism please me; without being aware of it, you have very cleverly played into my game.Icannot as yet tell you the place of your probable election.The secret power which is preparing for that event is all the more certain to succeed because its plans are pursued quietly and for the present in the shade.But success will be greatly assisted by the execution of a work which I shall now propose to you, requesting you to accept its apparent strangeness without surprise or comment.