"Aye,"  said  I,  "and  of  a  great  republican.  He  wrote  a  book
in  defence  of  the  people  of  England  for  beheading  Charles  the
1st."  "That  book,"  said  Mr.  Fauchet,  "  Mirabeau  boasted  of
having  made  known  in  France,  and  published  a  translation  of
it,  which  he  pretended  was  his  own  ;  but  in  reality  it  was  an  old
one,  which  had  been  published  many  years  ago."  '  Mirabcau's
reputation,"  said  I,  "  has  undergone  great  revolutions  since  that
of  France  began."  "  He  was  indisputably,"  said  he,  "  a  man
of  great  talents ;  but  as  to  his  integrity  the  fact  is  not  so  clearly
settled."  "Was  he  a  man  of  courage?"  "On  pretend  que
non."  Everything  was  as  guarded  and  cautious  as  this.  'The
accounts  of  success  from  the  French  are  confirmed,"  said  he,
"and  it  is  not  improbable  that  on  your  arrival  you  will  find  the
Stadtholder's  Court  at  Breda.  I  have  great  hopes  of  that  coun-
try. I  think  the  seeds  of  a  happy  revolution  are  there;  and
always  regretted  that  the  patriots  were  abandoned  and  sacri-
ficed. You  will  arrive  at  a  very  critical  time.  Important  nego-
tiations must  take  place  at  the  close  of  the  present  campaign.
