days empty if you had to obey all 

 the orders of the pantry, the cellar 

 and the dining-room. Luckily, 

 he is absent-minded and does not 

 long remember the instructions 

 which he lavishes. He is easily 

 deceived. You achieve your ends 

 and do as you please, provided 

 you have the patience to await 

 the hour. You are subject to man, 

 and he is the one god ; but you 

 none the less have your own 

 personal, exact and imperturbable 

 morality, which proclaims aloud 

 that illicit acts become most lawful 



