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Original Text:
- Ce pauvre Mr. Chassepot! Les nouvelles n'ont pas l'air de lui aller.
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- Voilà un inventeur de fusils à aiguille, à qui les nouvelles n'ont pas l'air d'aller beaucoup.

Translation:
(2nd state): Poor Mr. Chassepot! The news really don't seem to go down well.

(3rd state): And here we see the inventor of the new pin-gun. the latest news really don't seem to go down well with him.