“Why did you come here?” asked Dick. “Why didn’t you hasten to send information to the governor?”
“Because that was not necessary, and I came here to enjoy the pleasure of witnessing your disturbance in the face of certain death.”
“You came to gloat over us?”
“Have it so, if it pleases you. Why shouldn’t I? Many times you have gloated over me.”
“Never! Never yet have I gloated over a fallen enemy.”
“But you have been triumphant, and I have suffered defeat.”
“Which you deserved, for you are a scheming snake in the grass!”
“You say so, but you are not my judge. Many times have you brought disgrace and shame upon me, until I have come to hate you with a burning hatred. But for you, Nadia Budthorne would now be my wife.”
“And such a fate would be more terrible than death for any refined girl. When the officers come, you will denounce her if you denounce us. You cannot help it, for it is said that a girl was concerned in the affair that ended with the death of Hafsa Pasha. Are you wretch enough to send Nadia to her death?”
Bunol shrugged his shoulders.