My Landlord, Mr. C - , A Man Of Fashion, With Whose Family We Had
Always Lived In Friendship, Was So Reasonable
As to expect I
should give him up the house and garden, though they were to be
paid for till
Michaelmas, and peremptorily declared I should not
be permitted to sub-let them to any other person. He had of his
own accord assured me more than once that he would take my
furniture off my hands, and trusting to this assurance, I had
lost the opportunity, of disposing it to advantage: but, when the
time of my departure drew near, he refused to take it, at the
same time insisting upon having the key of the house and garden,
as well as on being paid the whole rent directly, though it would
not be due till the middle of September. I was so exasperated at
this treatment from a man whom I had cultivated with particular
respect, that I determined to contest it at law: but the affair
was accommodated by the mediation of a father of the Minims, a
friend to both, and a merchant of Nice, who charged himself with
the care of the house and furniture. A stranger must conduct
himself with the utmost circumspection to be able to live among
these people without being the dupe of imposition.
I had sent to Aix for a coach and four horses, which I hired at
the rate of eighteen French livres a day, being equal to fifteen
shillings and nine-pence sterling.
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