I was able to develop this series of unanswerable reasons for ten minutes without interruption; not that the Professor was paying any respectful attention to his nephew's arguments, but because he was deaf to all my eloquence.
De ces raisons toutes irréfutables je pus dérouler la série pendant dix minutes sans être interrompu, mais cela vint uniquement de l'inattention du professeur, qui n'entendit pas un mot de mon argumentation.