Où qu'tu vas, Polyte? - J'vas tremper un' soupe à ma femme... un' faignante! que v'là trois - jours qu'a travaille pas
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Où qu'tu vas, Polyte? - J'vas tremper un' soupe à ma femme... un' faignante! que v'là trois - jours qu'a travaille pas

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · July 5, 1840

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A street corner, in the evening, a woman of doubtful morals, seen from the back, draped in a long shawl which outlines her figure, talking to a young man in a blouse, with cap on his head, and pipe in his mouth.

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