HethankedJasminforhisferventeulogy。WhilehethoughtthattheGasconpoet’spraiseofhisworkswasexaggerated，hebelievedinhissincerity。”Ihasten，”saidBeranger，”toexpressmythanksforthekindnessofyouraddress。Believeinmysincerity，asIbelieveinyourpraises。Yourexaggerationofmypoeticalmeritsmakesmerepeatthefirstwordsofyouraddress，inwhichyouassumethetitleofaGascon[2]poet。ItwouldpleasememuchbetterifyouwouldbeaFrenchpoet，asyouprovebyyourepistle，whichiswrittenwithtasteandharmony。ThesympathyofoursentimentshasinspiredyoutopraisemeinamannerwhichIamfarfrommeriting，Nevertheless，sir，Iamproudofyoursympathy。”Youhavebeenbornandbroughtupinthesameconditionasmyself。Likeme，youappeartohavetriumphedovertheabsenceofscholasticinstruction，and，likemetoo，youloveyourcountry。Youreproachme，sir，withthesilencewhichIhaveforsometimepreserved。AttheendofthisyearIintendtopublishmylastvolume；Iwillthentakemyleaveofthepublic。
Iamnowfifty-twoyearsold。Iamtiredoftheworld。
Mylittlemissionisfulfilled，andthepublichashadenoughofme。Iamthereforemakingarrangementsforretiring。Withoutthedesireforlivinglonger，Ihavebrokensilencetoosoon。
Atleastyoumustpardonthesilenceofonewhohasneverdemandedanythingofhiscountry。Icarenothingaboutpower，andhavenowmerelytheambitionofamorselofbreadandrepose。”Iaskyourpardonforsubmittingtoyouthesepersonaldetails。
Butyourepistlemakesitmyduty。Ithankyouagainforthepleasureyouhavegivenme。IdonotunderstandthelanguageofLanguedoc，but，ifyouspeakthislanguageasyouwriteFrench，Idaretoprophecyatruesuccessinthefurtherpublicationofyourworks——BERANGER。”[3]