Most assuredly, I have no right to detain you, or any strangers, against your wills; this is an act of tyranny to which our manners and our laws are equally repugnant. All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but you will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers. It is impossible to ascend that rapid river which runs under high and vaulted rocks, and by which you were conveyed hither by a kind of miracle. The mountains by which my kingdom are hemmed in on all sides, are ten thousand feet high, and perfectly perpendicular; they are above ten leagues across, and the descent from them is one continued precipice.
Nekem természetesen nincs jogom idegeneket visszatartani; ez oly zsarnokság volna, mely az erkölcsökkel is, az irott törvényekkel is ellenkeznék; minden ember szabad, amikor kedvetek tartja, elutazhattok; de a visszatérés nem lesz könnyü dolog; azon a rohanó folyón, melyen csodás módon idejöttetek és amely a hatalmas sziklaboltozatok közt halad el, lehetetlen visszatérni; az országomat környező hegységek tizezer méter magasak és oly meredekek, mint a fal és mindegyikök tiz mértföld széles; csak teljesen meredek utakon lehetne leszállni.