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51. Des gens. Accordingto an eighteenth-century ' key,' they were Courtin and Saint- Roman, officiais of note, who became enemies after being friends for long years. St. Simon says they separated, but <lid not Dccome enemies. The séparation, moreover, did not take place till after La Bruyère had written this passage.

LA BRUYÈRE xxxvii