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Esquisses Parisiennes, (Parisian Sketches), 1827-1828. A reserved man is greeted exuberantly by an excited man. 'Hé arrive donc farceur, nous sommes déjà au champagne!/ Tiens ne m'en parl' pas, c'est le diable pour se dépêtrer des femmes'. (Hey, come on, joker, we're already on the champagne! / Well, don't talk to me about it, it's the devil's own job to get disentangled from women). Numbered at the top right: No. 17.