Plate 31: Fortune makes one forget one's friends, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

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- John, take these 500 F to the minister for the poor of the parish. Be sure to make it quite clear that they came from me.
-Yes, Monsieur le Comte.... I forgot to tell Monsieur that this man has come back.
- What man?
- That poor man who pretends to be an old friend of Monsieur le Comte. His name is Bertrand.
- Bertrand? I don't know this person... just tell him that I'm not home.

Plate 31: Fortune makes one forget one's friends, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires, Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois), Lithograph on wove paper; third state of three (Delteil)

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