26 LIFE OF SADI CABNOT. 



lished a notice concerning him in the Revue ency- 

 clopedique, t. Iv. 



The events of 1815 brought General Carnot back 

 into politics during the " Cent Jours " which ended 

 in a fresh catastrophe. 



This gave Sadi a glimpse of human nature of 

 which he could not speak without disgust. His 

 little sub-lieutenant's room was visited by certain 

 superior officers who did not disdain to mount to 

 the third floor to pay their respects to the son of 

 the new minister. 



Waterloo put an end to their attentions. The 

 Bourbons re-established on the throne, Carnot was 

 proscribed and Sadi sent successively into many 

 trying places to pursue his vocation of engineer, 

 to count bricks, to repair walls, and to draw plans 

 destined to be hidden in portfolios. He performed 

 these duties conscientiously and without hope of 

 recompense, for his name, which not long before 

 had brought him so many flatteries, was hence- 

 forth the cause of his advancement being long 

 delayed. 



In 1818 there came an unlooked-for royal ordi- 

 nance, authorizing the officers of all branches of 

 the service to present themselves at the examina- 

 tions for the new corps of the staff. Sadi was 

 well aware that favor had much more to do with 



