I brought him to talk about that voyage, which, by the by, was not the first voyage of Flora de Barral.

The man himself, as I told you, is simple, and his faculty of wonder not very great.

He's one of those people who form no theories about facts.
Straightforward people seldom do.

Neither have they much penetration.
But in this case it did not matter.

I--we--have already the inner knowledge.