Thisoccupiedhimforabouttwohours，andwhenhefoundtheladiesathome，hereturnedwithfourorfivefrancsinhispurse。Butoftentheywerenotathome，andhecamehomefrancless。Eventuallyhegaveupthispartofhistrade。Thereceiptsattheshopweremoreremunerative。Madameencouragedthiseconomicaleform；shewasaccustomedtocallitJasmin’scoupd’etat。
Theeveningspassedpleasantly。Jasmintookhisguitarandsangtohiswifeandchildren；or，inthesummereveningstheywouldwalkunderthebeautifulelmsinfrontoftheGravier，whereJasminwasreadyforbusinessatanymoment。Suchprudence，suchiligence，couldnotbuthaveitseffect。WhenJasmin’sfirstvolumeofthePapillotoswaspublished，itwasreceivedwithenthusiasm。”Thesongs，thecurl-papers，”saidJasmin，”broughtinsucharivuletofsilver，that，inmypoeticjoy，Ibrokeintomorselsandburntinthefirethatdreadedarm-chairinwhichmyancestorshadbeencarriedtothehospitaltodie。”
MadameJasminnowbecamequiteenthusiastic。Insteadofbreakingthepoet’spensandthrowinghisinkintothefire，sheboughtthebestpensandthebestink。Sheevensuppliedhimwithacomfortabledesk，onwhichhemightwritehisverses。”Courage，courage！”shewouldsay。”Eachversethatyouwriteisanothertiletotheroofandaraftertothedwelling；thereforemakeverses，makeverses！”
Therivuletofsilverincreasedsorapidly，thatinthecourseofashorttimeJasminwasenabledtobuythehouseinwhichhelived——tiles，rafters，andall。InsteadofPegasuscarryinghimtothehospital，itcarriedhimtotheofficeoftheNotary，whoenrolledhiminthelistofcollectorsoftaxes。Hewasnowamanofsubstance，amantobetrusted。ThenotarywasalsoemployedtoconveythetenementtotheprosperousJasmin。
HeendsthefirstpartofhisSouvenirswiththesewords：”WhenPegasuskickswithaflingofhisfeet，Hesendsmetocurlonmyhobbyhorsefleet；