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Plate 38: Chaud! Chaud! Bertrand, faut pousser à la vente de la merchandise..., 1838. ...faut battre la grosse caisse, faire la parade, attirer l'attention du jobard. Chaud! Chaud! Attaquons nous dans les journaux, écrivons nous, répondons nous, répliquons nous, injurions nous et surtout affichons nous... - Tu crois que le public n'a pas la clé de ces frimes là? - Laisse donc, c'est comme nos serrures, tout le monde en a la clé excepté le public. (Hot stuff! Hot stuff! Bertrand, we need to push the merchandise sales, we need to beat the bass drum, put on a show, attract the attention of the gullible. Hot stuff! Hot stuff! Let's attack each other in the newspapers, let's write to each other, let's answer each other, let's reply, let's insult each other and above all, let's put up posters... - You think the public doesn't have the key to this nonsense? - Never mind, it's like our locks, everyone has the key except the public.) From 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires, 1838.