Le Bourreau, - Je te dis que tu fais des yeux au petit de l'avant-scène. - La Victime, - J' te dis qu' non! - Je te dis que si. - J' te dis qu' non! - Je te dis que si. - Tu m'embêtes!
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Le Bourreau, - Je te dis que tu fais des yeux au petit de l'avant-scène. - La Victime, - J' te dis qu' non! - Je te dis que si. - J' te dis qu' non! - Je te dis que si. - Tu m'embêtes!

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · April 10, 1838

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A sixteenth-century executioner's suit, with his hatchet on his shoulder, is seen from the back and turned to the left of the actress playing the role of the victim and heading to the right, her hair scattered, her hands linked; behind her, at the bottom, figurines in halberdiers.

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