"And the road is safe?"
"As that of Paradise."
"Chicot, we are returning to Virgil."
"To what part?"
"To the Bucolics. 'O fortunatos nimium!'"
"Ah! very well; but why this exception in favor of plowmen?"
"Alas! because it is not the same in towns."
"The fact is, Henri, that the towns are the centers of corruption."
"Judge of it. You go 500 leagues without accident, while I go only to Vincennes, three-fourths of a league, and narrowly escape assassination by the way."
"Oh! bah!"