'My dear Sorel,' said Norbert, 'you who are a man of brains, but have just come down from your mountains, see that you never bow to people as that great poet does, not even to God Almighty.'
– Mon cher Sorel, dit Norbert, vous qui avez de l’esprit, mais qui arrivez de vos montagnes, tâchez de ne jamais saluer comme fait ce grand poète, fût-ce Dieu le père.