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Une rencontre de joyeux augures, c1842. Les Augures, dit-on, ne pouvaient s'aborder Sans rire de leur fourberie: Mais nos chevaliers d'industrie Se traitent gravement et sans se dérider. (Viennet. Fable nouvelle) (Meeting of merry augurs. The Augurs, it is said, could not approach one another Without laughing at their trickery: But our knights of industry Treat each other gravely and without a smile. (Viennet. New Fable). In rhyme: The augurs, one says, couldn't meet without smiling of their deceit. But our knights from everyday life treat each other much smoother and nice.]