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Original Text:
LE JOUR DE L'AN.
Le portier. - Mossieu, je vous la souhaite bonne et heureuse. Le locataire. - C'est bon, merci! Le portier. - Bonne et heureuse pour celui qui te tordera le cou, vieux grigou!....

Translation:
NEW YEAR'S DAY.

The janitor: - Sir, I wish you all the best and prosperity.
The landlord: - That's fine, thank you.
The janitor: - The best and prosperity for the one who twists the neck of this old miser.