"The matter? Look at those quaking walls! look at those shivering rocks. Don't you feel the burning heat? Don't you see how the water boils and bubbles? Are you blind to the dense vapours and steam growing thicker and denser every minute? See this agitated compass needle. It is an earthquake that is threatening us."
--Ce que j'ai! Observez ces murailles qui s'agitent, ce massif qui se disloque, cette chaleur torride, cette eau qui bouillonne, ces vapeurs qui s'épaississent, cette aiguille folle, tous les indices d'un tremblement de terre!»