"If I could do that, simpleton, where would the danger be? Annihilated in a moment. Ever since I have known Mason, I have only had to say to him 'Do that,' and the thing has been done.
«Si c'était possible, reprit-il, il n'y aurait aucun danger; depuis que je connais Mason, je n'ai eu qu'à lui dire: «Faites cela,» et il l'a fait.