human
So that he may hear us go after him-stupid! answered the other.
gpt
When he has been waiting for his sweetheart about a quarter of an hour I will call his name in a woman's voice, and at his first step towards the desert do you break his neck with the sand-bag. We have plenty of time yet, for it must still be a good half hour before midnight.
human
So much the better, said the other.
gpt
Our wine-jar is not nearly empty yet, and we paid the lazy landlord for it in advance, before he crept into bed.
human
You shall only drink two cups more, said the punier villain.
gpt
For this time we have to do with a sturdy fellow, Setnam is not with us now to lend a hand in the work, and the dead meat must show no gaping thrusts or cuts. My teeth are not like yours when you are fasting--even cooked food must not be too tough for them to chew it, now-a-days. If you soak yourself in drink and fail in your blow, and I am not ready with the poisoned stiletto the thing won't come off neatly. But why did not the Roman let his chariot wait?
human
Aye! why did he let it go away?