He found frequent means of gratifying this desire, although

new dynasty. This circumstance made a break in the usages relative to

the reception of new-comers. Moreover, Desroches having taken an

office where legal documents had never yet been scribbled, had bought

new tables, and white boxes edged with blue, also new. His staff was

made up of clerks coming from other officers, without mutual ties, and

surprised, as one may say, to find themselves together. Godeschal, who

had served his apprenticeship under Maitre Derville, was not the sort

of clerk to allow the precious tradition of the "welcome" to be lost.