“Well, as you force me to it,” and with these words he drew forth a clasp-knife and opened it.
“Halloa! a knife?” said Cornelius, preparing to defend himself with his stick.
Chapter 29. In which Van Baerle, before leaving Loewestein, settles Accounts with Gryphus
The two remained silent for some minutes, Gryphus on the offensive, and Van Baerle on the defensive.
Then, as the situation might be prolonged to an indefinite length, Cornelius, anxious to know something more of the causes which had so fiercely exasperated his jailer, spoke first by putting the question,—
“Well, what do you want, after all?”
“I’ll tell you what I want,” answered Gryphus; “I want you to restore to me my daughter Rosa.”
“Your daughter?” cried Van Baerle.
“Yes, my daughter Rosa, whom you have taken from me by your devilish magic. Now, will you tell me where she is?”