"You can't do it." "Oh, yes, I can," I retorted.

"I'm doing it now." "But this is my vessel, my particular property.

What if I forbid you ?" "You forget," I replied.

"You are no longer the biggest bit of the ferment.

You were, once, and able to eat me, as you were pleased to phrase it; but there has been a diminishing, and I am now able to eat you.