"In answer to your quotation, I can say that I am as free as I care to be; that the laws are sufficiently respected; that no one has hitherto thought it worth while to plunder my acres; that I have a modest roof of my own; and that, as far as I am aware, there are no workmen starving in the streets at present.

You are answered, it seems to me, Monsieur Gouache." "Is that really your belief ?" asked the artist, quietly.
"Yes.

As for my freedom, I am as free as air; no one thinks of hindering my movements.

As for the laws, they are made for good citizens, and good citizens will respect them; if bad citizens do not, that is their loss.
My acres are safe, possibly because they are not worth taking, though they yield me a modest competence sufficient for my needs and for the needs of those who cultivate them for me." "And yet there is a great deal of talk in Rome about misery and injustice and oppression--" "There will be a great deal more talk about those evils, with much better cause, if people who think like you succeed in bringing about a revolution, Monsieur Gouache," answered Giovanni, coldly.
"If many people think like you, prince, a revolution is not to be thought of.

As for me I am a foreigner and I see what I can, and listen to what I hear." "A revolution is not to be thought of.