3-089-354 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Le sauvage Bineau faisant son entrée comme ministre, c1849. - Tiens, c'est pas plus malin qu'ça d'parler à la tribune? - Oui, mais toi, Pierre, tu m'écoutes trop poliment, faudrait d'temps en temps me dire quelque sottise, sans cela il n'y a plus d'illusion, nous n'sommes plus en séance! (The savage Bineau making his entrance as a Minister. - Well, it really isn't that difficult to give a speech. - Yes Pierre, but you are listening far too politely to what I am saying. In between you must say some nonsense to me.... without that we can't keep up the illusion, that we are no longer in session).