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Original Text:
l'Adoption.
Ah ça! Robert, mon ami, tu tombes dans le pastoral, tu te livres à l'adoption?.…. tu vas bientôt couronner des rosières !.…. (Robert) oui, j’ai adopté cette enfant, je veux goûter le bonheur de la famille…… (Wormspire) tu veux marier ta pupille….. – Oui, la bien marier – Oui, la marier richement, préparer pour ma vieillesse…… - Préparer pour ta vieillesse…. une bonne pension alimentaire…. et gagner le prix Monthion……. connu, connu !

Translation:
The adoption.
- Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You're considering adoption?... You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair...
(Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life...
(Wormspire) - You want to marry your ward...
- Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement.
- Prepare for your retirement... get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize... I know, I know!