Never will you find Colbert in Epictetus." "You are right, I shall find--_Coluber_ there, at the most." "Ah! you are beaten, Conrart; you are reduced to a play upon words.

M.
Arnaud pretends that I have no logic; I have more than M.Nicole." "Yes," replied Conrart, "you have logic, but you are a Jansenist." This peroration was hailed with a boisterous shout of laughter; by degrees the promenaders had been attracted by the exclamations of the two disputants around the arbor under which they were arguing.

The discussion had been religiously listened to, and Fouquet himself, scarcely able to suppress his laughter, had given an example of moderation.

But with the _denouement_ of the scene he threw off all restraint, and laughed aloud.

Everybody laughed as he did, and the two philosophers were saluted with unanimous felicitations.