"He is happy. Good fortune rarely comes his way. Here is a man who understands him and appreciates his work and does not doubt his honesty. In his imagination he can already see the finished shoes before him. He knows where the best leather is to be had at present, he knows which of his workers he can entrust the shoes to. And the shoes will boast perforations and scallops, as many as can possibly be fitted on an elegant shoe. And than I add: ‘but there's one condition. The shoe must be quite plain' With that I've toppled him from the heights of contentment into Tartarus. He has less work, but I have robbed him of all his pleasure"