Gil Blas arrives in Madrid, and makes his Appearance at Court; the King is blessed with a better Memory than most of his Courtiers, and recommends him to the Notice of his Prime Minister. Consequences of that Recommendation.
The Project of Retirement is prevented, and Joseph Navarro brought upon the Stage again, by an Act of signal Service.
Gil Blas ingratiates himself with the Count of Olivarez.
The private Conversation of Gil Blas with Navarro, and his first Employment in the Service of the Count d'Olivarez.
The Application of the three hundred Pistoles, and Scipio's Commission connected with them. Success of the State-paper mentioned in the last Chapter.