human
And thou wilt come at last, Balthasar, said Dom Diego, as having arrived at the end of the corridor, he turned into a door which was open, and revealed a small bed, with a loaf of bread and a jar of water.
gpt
Thou wilt not be long.
human
I will come, he said,
gpt
Oh, you need not bring a rope, he said;
human
I can manage without it, and it would betray you.
gpt
Perhaps I can help you,
human
Yes, said Dom Diego.
gpt
No one can move those iron bars. You dare not leave the door open, but you can submit to be bound, and I will do it gently. Lie down there. Ha! thou wilt not, he said, from between his teeth.
human
Thou, too, a traitor! And he then threw him down on the bed, and stuffed a large portion of his dress into his cousin's mouth.
gpt
Dare to stir, and I will kill thee. See, here is my old weapon! and he drew a keen poignard from his breast.
human
Nay, that would be the surest way,
gpt
Mercy! Mercy! Diego! gasped Balthasar.
human
Spare my life! Oh, spare my life! Unshriven and unrepented, wouldst thou murder me?
gpt
Be still, then. If thou stir hand or foot, I will slay thee, Balthasar, as thou liest there; but be still, and I will not harm thee. Then Diego took off his cousin's robe, swathed the upper part of his person in the coarse sheet of the bed, and tearing his shirt into strips, with them and two handkerchiefs tied his legs together, so that they could not be moved.
human
There! he cried,