"It is to be hoped so," answered Spilett, "for without coal there would be no machinery, and without machinery there would be no railways, no steamers, no manufactories, nothing of that which is indispensable to modern civilization!"
-- Il faut l'espérer, répondit Gédéon Spilett, car enfin sans charbon, plus de machines, et sans machines, plus de chemins de fer, plus de bateaux à vapeur, plus d'usines, plus rien de ce qu'exige le progrès de la vie moderne!