‘Just so, your Majesty.’
‘And you tried to marry her?’
‘I should have been only too pleased, your Majesty.’
‘And you don’t repent, do you?’
‘Not at all, your Majesty.’
‘And the right punishment for each of your crimes is death?’
‘Just so, your Majesty.’
‘But I don’t care to sentence you to death—it’s not hard enough. I sentence you to live underground for ten thousand years.’
‘Ten thousand years, your Majesty!’
‘You can go at once, and if I catch you above ground—I shouldn’t like to be you.’