human
You must visit St. Elian's, madam, said she,
gpt
But, objected the widow,
human
I do not know his name, and I have no means of discovering it. I want to kill the man who murdered my son.
gpt
In this case it is different. There is a way under these circumstances. Murdered, was your son?
human
Yes, he was treacherously shot.
gpt
Then you will have to call on your son by name, as you let fall the pebble, and say: 'Let him be wiped out of the book of the living. Avenge me of mine adversary, O my God.' And you must go on dropping in pebbles, reciting the same prayer, till you see the water of the spring boil up black as ink. Then you will know that your prayer has been heard, and that the curse has wrought.