"It’s the truth," Amelie retorted. "Why won’t you face it? You, with your head-in-the-clouds masculine construction-schemes! I always told you, Rodolphe: you mustn’t get mystical about your business! It’s just stones and mortar, Rodolphe: stones and mortar ! Otherwise, it turns your head, and you end up ... well ... like one of them ! Just like he is now!" She drew a breath. "Is that what you want?"