Chapter 12: He Effects a Lodgment in the House of a Rich Jeweller

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌⁠In consequence of this determination, he to the uttermost exerted his good-humour among the few friends of consequence his fortune had left, and even carried his complaisance so far as to become the humble servant of their pleasures, while he attempted to extend his acquaintance in an inferior path of life, where he thought his talents would shine more conspicuous than at the assemblies of the gre