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THE CIRCLE OF MONSIEUR AND MADAME THUILLIER.
The Collevilles and their children became, naturally, the nucleus of the circle which Mademoiselle Thuillier had the ambition to group around her brother.

A former clerk in the Billardiere division of the ministry, named Phellion, had lived for the last thirty years in their present quarter.

He was promptly greeted by Colleville and Thuillier at the first review.

Phellion proved to be one of the most respected men in the arrondissement.