human
Ach! shrieked the professor, with a fiendish laugh.
gpt
The smoke column will mark his last resting-place. They shall all be buried together, these mad Englishmen. We will have more live wires stretched across his landing-ground, and as the wild boar died, so will these men die who dared to follow me into the Schwarzwald.
human
The wild boar! Hoch! Hoch! exclaimed his companion.
gpt
It is a fitting tribute for the English are swine!
human
And the _Scorpion_ shall witness the inglorious end of these men,
gpt
Der _Scorpion_? queried Fritz, looking up amazed from his task.
human
What do you mean, Professor?
gpt
Why, the Rittmeister will have finished his work in the Hamadian Desert this afternoon. His instructions are to resign the Sultanate of those regions for the present, for the skies will be thick with British scouts by to-morrow.
human
But then he goes to Ireland to work with the revolutionists there, does he not, mein herr?
gpt
Ja! ja! but I will ask him to call here for a day or two before he proceeds. He will have much to tell us, and Spitzer, Carl and Max would like to see these dangerous opponents safely out of the way, for at present they are the only enemies to be considered.
human
Gut!