– Si j’étais né noble, répondit le Rassi avec toute l’impudence de son métier, les parents des gens que j’ai fait pendre me haïraient, mais ils ne me mépriseraient pas.
"If I were of noble birth," replied Rassi with all the impudence of his trade, "the families of the people I have had hanged would hate me, but they would not feel contempt for me."