Although Saint-Simon and other peers were loath to concede these prerogatives to the "princes étrangers", they were even more jealous of two other privileges, the so-called "pour" ("for") and the "tabouret" ("stool"). The former referred to the rooms assigned at the palace of Versailles to allow foreign princes, along with members of the royal dynasty, high-ranking officers of the royal household, senior peers and favored courtiers, the honor of living under the same roof as the king. These rooms were neither well-appointed nor well-situated relative to those of the royal family, usually being small and remote. Nonetheless, "les pours" distinguished the court's inner circle from its hangers-on.