Yes, Maheude had well said, with her good sense, that that would be the great blow--to organize quietly, to know one another, to unite in associations when the laws would permit it; then, on the morning when they felt their strength, and millions of workers would be face to face with a few thousand idlers, to take the power into their own hands and become the masters.
Oui, la Maheude le disait bien avec son bon sens, ce serait le grand coup: s'enrégimenter tranquillement, se connaître, se réunir en syndicats, lorsque les lois le permettraient; puis, le matin ou l'on se sentirait les coudes, ou l'on se trouverait des millions de travailleurs en face de quelques milliers de fainéants, prendre le pouvoir, etre les maîtres.