Among those who did him the honors of the place was a little spruce abbe of Perigord, one of those insinuating, busy, fawning, impudent, necessary fellows, that lay wait for strangers on their arrival, tell them all the scandal of the town, and offer to minister to their pleasures at various prices.
Entre los que mas concurrian á su casa habia un cierto abate, que era de aquellos hombres diligentes, siempre listos para todo quanto les mandan, serviciales, entremetidos, halagüeños, descarados, buenos para todo, que atisban á los forasteros que llegan á la capital, les cuentan los sucesos mas escandalosos que acontecen, y les brindan con placeres á qualquier precio.