Le FACTIONNAIRE. Chien de service! quatre heures du matin, gelé! à moitié endormi et rêvasser qu'on est devant son feu..... voir une théière, s'imaginer qu'on se couche et manquer de tomber! ou bien se figurer qu'on vient de lire les discours de M.P..... se croire endormi, et avoir encore cinq quarts d'heures à faire.
Le FACTIONNAIRE. Chien de service! quatre heures du matin, gelé! à moitié endormi et rêvasser qu'on est devant son feu..... voir une théière, s'imaginer qu'on se couche et manquer de tomber! ou bien se figurer qu'on vient de lire les discours de M.P..... se croire endormi, et avoir encore cinq quarts d'heures à faire.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. THE SENTRY. This damned service! 4 in the morning, frozen! Half asleep and dreaming of being in front of a fireplace..... you see a hot teapot and imagine going to bed just about to fall asleep! Or to imagine just having read the speeches of M.P. ..... you think you are asleep, but you still have an hour and a quarter of sentry duty ahead of you.
Description:
Dream and reality of a public servant. His dreamworld is shown in little images. PASQUIER, Etienne Denis, Baron (1767-1862) was a State Councillor and Deputy from 1815-21. The abbreviation M.P. refers to Etienne Denis Pasquier,a State Councillor and Deputy from 1815-21. .
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 5, 1844.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
