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Original Text:
En voilà un genre agréable ! monsieur s'amuse à lire le soir et il s'endort; quand il se réveille il prend son livre; à quatre heures il revient de son bureau, il me demande son volume, et il prétend que rien ne m'amuse.

Translation:
Here is a nice state of affairs!
In the evenings his Lordship enjoys himself reading and then falls asleep; when he wakes up, he takes his book; at four o'clock he returns from his office and asks me for his book, and then he insists that nothing can amuse me. What a life!