Original Text: 11 HEURES DU MATIN.
Mr. Coquelet voulant offrir un bouquet de violette à Mlle. Palissandre, se reproche: et lavant son mouchoir de ses propres mains, il rassure sa conscience au moyen de cette économie.
Translation: ELEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
Mr. Coquelet, wishing to offer a bouquet of violets to Miss Palissandre begrudges this extravagance and decides to calm his conscience by washing his handkerchief with his own hands.
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