CHAPTER VIII

I leave Villers-Cotterets to be second or third clerk at Crespy--M. Lefèvre--His character--My journeys to Villers-Cotterets-- The _Pélerinage d'Ermenonville_--Athénaïs--New matter sent to Adolphe--An uncontrollable desire to pay a visit to Paris-- How this desire was accomplished--The journey--Hôtel des Vieux-Augustins--Adolphe--_Sylla_--Talma