"Thank you."
"All that is very good, but what are we going to do now?"
"What we are going to do? I suppose you mean what are you going to do?"
"No, Mr. Edward, I said exactly what I meant; you understand that I am not going to leave you alone in this nest of serpents, I hope!"
"On the contrary, you will do so directly."
"I?" the hunter said, with a loud laugh.
"Yes, you, my friend; you must."
"Bah! why so, pray, if you remain?"
"That is the very reason."
The hunter reflected for a moment.