"Undoubtedly so, Dick, provided it would not require an expenditure of water to put it in motion, for, in that case, the situation would be precisely the same; moreover, up to this time, nothing practical of the sort has been invented. ###>--Allons, Monsieur, reprit Joe, il ne faut pas nous plaindre; nous nous en sommes assez bien tirés jusqu'ici, et, quoi que je fasse, il m'est impossible de me désespérer.