"Oh!" said he, "did you feel?"
"What?"
"The earth trembling."
"Bah!"
"Yes, ventre de biche! Luckily the hotel of the Corne d'Abondance is solid, although it is built on a pivot."
"What! built on a pivot?"
"Doubtless, since it turns."
"True," said Borromée, "I felt the effects, but did not guess the cause."
"Because you are not a Latin scholar, and have not read the 'De Natura Rerum.' If you had, you would know that there is no effect without a cause."
"Well, my dear captain, for you are a captain like me, are you not?"