always charmed at the arrival of new guests, whether their visits be owing to curiosity or necessity, but they are particularly pleased with the English. No wonder then that the superior, when he understood that Charles was a young English nobleman, and Figgins his governor; that they had unexpectedly been deceived as to remittances from England, and

therefore from actual necessity had intruded on their generous institution, both for immediate succour and advice, instantly signified—especially as their pretensions were corroborated by the testimony of letters of credit and recommendation, and many other authentic documents—his warmest wishes to enter heartily into their interest. They paid him a number of acknowledgments for his great civility to strangers, and said they piqued themselves on their own sagacity, which had pointed out the propriety of applying to a man of his piety, as well as consequence, upon such an occasion, rather than run the risk of being imposed upon by an indiscriminate choice of a person to supply their present wants, without an eligible recommendation.
After this preface our travellers acquainted the superior that they wished his reference to some money negociator, for a present supply, who assuring them that it would give him particular pleasure to recommend them to some person who should treat them conscientiously, mentioned his near relation Monsieur Goufre, le procureur: not however till he had expatiated on the wickedness of those usurious wretches who take advantage of the necessitous, and oppress their fellow creatures under the idea of relieving them.

Figgins said he had heard of one Monsieur Bancsec, but the superior assured them they could not get into worse hands. Charles said certainly it would be their interest to rely upon the superior's advice, and begged the favour of a note to Monsieur Goufre. This request was immediately complied with, and our friends went their ways to the gentleman's house in question, after thanking the kind recluse in terms of the warmest gratitude.
Before however we introduce the reader to Monsieur Goufre, it will not be inexpedient to say how Charles and his friend happened to get recommended to the very man who retained Madame Combrie's fortune.
The reader has seen that he was a near relation to the superior of the Chartreux, which was well known to Combrie, and it will not appear extraordinary that this connection with the clergy should be the means of Monsieur Goufre's being often employed in matters which concerned the church. In fact, the frequent litigations by friends of the deceased to recover monies conditionally left for charitable uses, on one side, and the assertion of the church's right on the other, had, upon many occasions, produced such a