 Three "galante" works followed, a volume of the latest courtly expressions and the right moves, one reporting "bons mots" and witty anecdotes of railery and one on the "bon usage" of the French spoken at Court, contrasted with middle-class expressions, for people of quality to avoid.In 1694, when the misfortunes of war and a bad harvest in France had brought Louis round to negotiating with the League of Augsburg, Callières' Polish connections in Amsterdam alerted him that the United Provinces were ready for peace.Callières in turn alerted Colbert de Croissy, who sent him in great secrecy to Flanders with Louis de Verjus accompanying Nicolas Auguste de Harlay-Bonneuil, charged with making contact with the representatives of William III.