“Here’s the pike and the cloth,” said the giant, as he descended the ladder with the articles. “Now what must I do next?”
“Return to the cellar, mount once more by the window, and when the old man leaves the room—”
“Who will make him leave the room?”
“Never mind! he will leave it.”
“What next?”
“You say the lamp is near the window?”
“Quite near—on the table next to the knapsack.”
“Well, then, as soon as the old man leaves the room, push open the window, throw down the lamp, and if you accomplish cleverly what remains to do—the ten florins are yours—you remember it all?”
“Yes, yes.”
“The girls will be so frightened by the noise and darkness, that they will remain dumb with terror.”