Excerpt from Memoirs of a Traveller, Now in Retirement, Written by Himself, Vol. 2 of 5: Interspersed With Historical, Literary, and Political Anecdotes, Relative to Many of the Principal Personages of the Present Age He invited me to dine with him; and knowing that I was acquainted with his father, the hlarquis de Breille, he behaved very kindly, and treated me With the utmost frankness. He gave me a striking proof of his confi dence one day, after dinner, When we Were alone. \ve were talking of the Duke de Choiseuil, With Whom I knew him to be very intimate. He had been acquainted with him at Rome, Where he was ambassador when the Duke arrived there in the same capa city, and contracted a ciose friendship with him. Being afterwards ambassa dor at the court of France, at the time When the Duke de Choiseuil came into. The ministry, he attached himself en tireiv to him; and gained his confidence by the zeal which he manifested tor the glory of his friend, and by his un ceasing solicitude for his interests. Hi. De Solar was a man of Wit and genius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.