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Voilà pourtant notre chambre

Voilà pourtant notre chambre

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) Voilà pourtant notre chambre nuptiale, Adélaïde... (That used to be our nuptial chamber, Adelaide...), 1853 Lithograph Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1954.147

—Voilà pourtant notre chambre nuptiale, Adélaïde ... ces limousins ne respectent rien, ils n'ont pas le culte des sou-venirs ! ...

—That used to be our nuptial chamber, Adelaide... those ma-sons (from the Limousin area) have no respect for anything, they don't honor memories!..

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