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Original Text:
- Comment! le journal annonce que le bruit a couru à la bourse que les Russes on franchi le Pruth!...
- Eh! bien, mossieu Panotet... quand bien même... c'est pas une raison parce que les Russes auraient commencé les hostilités pour que vous n'acheviez pas de faire votre barbe.

Translation:
- What? The paper announces that there is a rumour floating around the stock exchange that the Russians may have crossed the Pruth?
- Come, come now Mr. Panotet.. just because the Russians are supposed to have started with some minor hostilities cannot be a reason that you don't finish shaving your beard!