And sojourning accepted French at last.

His energy it was which, trade transferred

To Paris, throve as with a golden thumb,

Established in the Place Vendôme. He bought

Not building only, but belongings far

And wide, at Gonthier there, Monlieu, Villeneuve,

A plentiful estate: which, twelve years since,

Passed, at the good man's natural demise,

To Son and Heir Miranda—Clairvaux here,

The Paris shop, the mansion—not to say