Note 235 — BOOK IX[156]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
One year later, on the 3rd of July 1825, Hyde de Neuville, in his turn, informed his friend Chateaubriand that his embassy had been taken from him:
"My noble friend,
"You announced to me your departure from the ministry. I, in my turn, inform you that I am no longer ambassador.
"They strike me because I have followed you. So much the better, that will rivet our bonds of friendship; praise God and bless the King!
"The King can do wrong.
"Entirely yours,
"Hyde de Neuville."
He received the following reply:
"Bravo, my dear friend; let them blame men like you, and they will not go far. I cannot offer you, in quarterly payments, the five thousand francs which you had placed at my disposal; but I have still a few china plates at your service, and if you want them we will sell them.
"Poor France!
"Yours more than ever,
"Chateaubriand."—B.