That I might not discover myself, I did not go to the rehearsal, and the 'Petits violons', by whom it was directed, knew not who the author was until after a general plaudit had borne the testimony of the work.
[Rebel and Frauneur, who, when they were very young, went together from house to house playing on the violin, were so called.] Everybody present was so delighted with it, that, on the next day, nothing else was spoken of in the different companies.

M.de Cury, Intendant des Menus, who was present at the rehearsal, demanded the piece to have it performed at court.

Duclos, who knew my intentions, and thought I should be less master of my work at the court than at Paris, refused to give it.

Cury claimed it authoratively.

Duclos persisted in his refusal, and the dispute between them was carried to such a length, that one day they would have gone out from the opera-house together had they not been separated.