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Original Text:
Attachés par leur grandeur au rivage de la Seine, les ministres Parrieu et Rouher se consolent de ne pouvoir aller passer les vacances dans leurs montagnes en dansant à huit clos dans une des salles du ministère de la Justice, une bourrée de leur pays natal.

Translation:
Due to their important positions, the ministers Parrieu and Rouher are obliged to spend the summer at the banks of the Seine. They console themselves for not being able to spend their vacation in their beloved mountains, by dancing the Bourrée, a dance from their native country, behind closed doors in the Ministry of Justice.