His companion laughed.
“Isn’t that what most of us have been thinking of ever since we came here? Try again: think of something new.”
“But it could be done. I’m sure of it.”
“Can you scale the wall?” asked Aristides, nodding towards the outer wall that seemed to tower in the sky.
“No. But I might walk through gates that are locked and barred.”
“How? Speak out. Don’t play with me.”
“I mean bribery. I have money—plenty of money. That is to say, I can get plenty.”
“How much?”
“A thousand drachmæ. Ten thousand drachmæ.”
“Ho-ho?”