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Original Text:
CAROTTE DU VOLTIGEUR.
- C'est vous, M. Gruau!.... - Oui, Major - Comment! je vous commande de garde; vous m'écrivez une lettre déchirante, "Vous êtes à l'agonie"; je vous exempte, et je vous trouve au bal d'artiste.... en pierrot!...

Translation:
TRICK OF A LIGHT INFANTRYMAN.
- Is this you, M. Gruau?
- Yes Sir, Major!
- But you were supposed to be on guard duty.... then you wrote me a note saying you were sick... and I gave you leave.... and now I see you here at the artist's ball, dressed up as a clown!