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MONSEIGNEUR, one of the great lords in power at the Court, heldhis fortnightly reception in his grand hotel in Paris. Monseigneur wasin his inner room, his sanctuary of sanctuaries, the Holiest ofHoliests to the crowd of worshippers in the suite of rooms without.Monseigneur was about to take his chocolate. Monseigneur could swallowa great many things with ease, and was by some few sullen mindssupposed to be rather rapidly swallowing France; but, his morning'schocolate could not so much as get into the throat of Monseigneur,without the aid of four strong men besides the Cook.

Yes. It took four men, all four ablaze with gorgeous decoration, andthe Chief of them unable to exist with fewer than two gold watchesin his pocket, emulative of the noble and chaste fashion set byMonseigneur, to conduct the happy chocolate to Monseigneur's lips. Onelacquey carried the chocolate-pot into the sacred presence; asecond, milled and frothed the chocolate with the little instrument hebore for that function; a third, presented the favoured napkin; afourth , poured the chocolate out. Itwas impossible for Monseigneur to dispense with one of theseattendants on the chocolate and hold his high place under the admiringHeavens. Deep would have been the blot upon his escutcheon if hischocolate had been ignobly waited on by only three men; he must havedied of two.

Monseigneur had been out at a little supper last night, where theComedy and the Grand Opera were charmingly represented. Monseigneurwas out at a little supper most nights, with fascinating company. Sopolite and so impressible was Monseigneur, that the Comedy and theGrand Opera had far more influence with him in the tiresome articlesof state affairs and state secrets, than the needs of all France. Ahappy circumstance for France, as the like always is for all countriessimilarly favoured!- always was for England (), inthe regretted days of the merry Stuart who sold it.

Monseigneur had one truly noble idea of general public business,which was, to let everything go on in its own way; of particularpublic business, Monseigneur had the other truly noble idea that itmust all go his way- tend to his own power and pocket. Of hispleasures, general and particular, Monseigneur had the other trulynoble idea, that the world was made for them. The text of his order(altered from the original by only a pronoun, which is not much)ran: "The earth and t, saith Monseigneur."