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Original Text:
Cabriolets en actions.
Ça n’roule pas, mon cheval me mange, les frais me dévorent, je crève de faim. – Que t’es bête, mon pauvre Bertrand ! Change ton poulet d’inde contre un pur-sang, ton sabot de 1200 balles contre un tilbury, ta livrée de misère contre une pellure de jockei, mets ton zéphir en actions….. Capital trrrrrrrois cent- mille francs ! Des promesses, des blagues à tord et à travers, augmente tes dépenses, diminue tes bénéfices, tu te rattraperas sur la quantité….. – Sur la quantité de quoi ? – La quantité d’actions, jobard !!

Translation:
Gigs in action.
- Cabriolets and a share in horse business. It just won't run, my horse eats me alive, my costs devour me, I'm dying of hunger.
- Poor old Bertrand, you really are stupid. Change your old nag for a thorough-bred, your cheap old crock for a Tilbury, your miserable livery for a jockey's silks, cast your share of fortune into stocks... Capital of three hundred thousand francs! Promises, jokes without rhyme or reason, increase your outlay, reduce the profits, you'll make up on the quantity...
- On the quantity of what?
- The quantity of shares, you mug!!