\"Andyet，MonsieurPicot，\"saidMinard，\"ifFelixPhellionisonlyguiltyofattributinghisdiscoverytoyou，itseemstomethathisindiscreetbehaviorhasresultedinacertaincompensationtoyou：thecrossoftheLegionofhonor，apension，andthegloryattachedtoyournamearenottobedespised。\"
\"ThecrossandthepensionItake，\"saidtheoldman，emptyinghisglass，which，toBrigitte’sterror，hesetdownuponthetablewithaforcethatthreatenedtosmashit。\"Thegovernmenthasowedthemtomethesetwentyyears；notforthediscoveryofstars，——thingsthatI
havealwaysdespised，——butformyfamous’TreatiseonDifferentialLogarithms’（Keplerthoughtpropertocallthemmonologarithms），whichisasequeltothetablesofNapier；alsoformy’Postulatum’ofEuclid，ofwhichIwasthefirsttodiscoverthesolution；butaboveall，formy’TheoryofPerpetualMotion，’——fourvolumesinquartowithplates；Paris，1825。Yousee，therefore，monsieur，thattogivemegloryisbringingwatertotheSeine。IhadsolittleneedofMonsieurFelixPhelliontomakemeapositioninthescientificworldthatI
turnedhimoutofmyhouselongago。\"
\"Thenitisn’tthefirststar，\"saidColleville，flippantly，\"thathedaredtoputuponyou？\"