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Original Text:
- Monsieur Prudhomme..... je me noie!...
- Très bien!... madame, je vais recueillir.....
- Ma personne... oh! merci!....
- Non, madame...., ne nageant point, je vais recueillir vos dernières volontés..... je ne puis faire plus!......

Translation:
- Mr. Prudhomme... I am drowning!
- Very well, Madame, I will immediately try to recover....
- recover me... oh thank you
- no, Madame... since I don't know how to swim, I'll try to recover your last will... I really can't do more.