He did not sit on a throne far away in an unknown sanctuary; he was not one of those shareholders who pay agents to skin the miner who has never seen them; he was a master, he risked something besides his money, he risked his intelligence, his health, his life.
Lui, ne trônait pas au loin, dans un tabernacle ignoré; il n'était pas un de ces actionnaires qui paient des gérants pour tondre le mineur, et que celui-ci n'a jamais vus; il était un patron, il risquait autre chose que son argent, il risquait son intelligence, sa santé, sa vie.