—No eagle? He has no eagle! But....
—Not so much of one as I can hold in the hollow of my hand. Eagles (and he laughed), eagles! It is I who give them.
Prometheus was stupefied.
—Do you know what people say? the waiter asked the banker.
—What do they say?
—That you are God.
—I let them say so, said he.
III
Prometheus went to see Damocles; and then he went very often. He did not talk to him every time; but in any case the waiter gave him the news. One day he brought Cocles with him.