Voltaire informs the Duc de Richelieu that an English gentleman named Mr. Makartney who is very young but very wise, highly educated but modest, and very rich but very simple who will soon shout in parliament better than any other denied that he had any kindness for Voltaire. Voltaire notes that he boasted of de Choiseul’s protection but that Makartney did not believe him and challenged him to write to de Choiseul to prove he was telling the truth. Voltaire adds that he couldn’t contain himself and begs the pardon of de Choiseul for his zeal.