"He will certainly not be able to see anything of us here, and still he will not be out of earshot." Kaffar was accordingly led into the library, blindfolded.
"Now," said Voltaire, "I told you that by a secret power his mind and mine became one.

I will prove to you that I have not spoken boastingly.
Will any gentleman or lady show me any curiosity he or she may have ?" Accordingly several of the party pulled from their pockets articles of interest, and of which neither Voltaire nor Kaffar could have known.
Each time the former asked what the article was, and each time the latter, although at a distance, correctly described it.
A look of wonder began to settle on the faces of the guests, and exclamations of surprise and bewilderment were apparent.

It was apparent that nearly all were converts to his beliefs, if beliefs they might be called.

After a number of articles were shown and described, Kaffar was recalled, and was loudly applauded.
"You see," said Voltaire, "the evident truth of this.

Certainly this is a very simple affair, and my old friend Abou al Phadre would have smiled at its littleness.