“Qui eut le triple talent,

De boire, de battre,

Et d’être un vert galant.”

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“Qui eut le triple talent, De boire, de battre, Et d’être un vert galant.” 135

“It goes smoothly, too. Well, now, Zaletáev!”

“Ke⁠ ⁠…” Zaletáev, brought out with effort: “ke-e-e-e,” he drawled, laboriously pursing his lips, “le-trip-tala-de-bu-de-ba, e de-tra-va-ga-la” he sang.