Oliver thought for another little while. "Nothing else," said he at last.
Once more the other laughed. "If I refuse," said he, "you throw those bottles out of the window?"
Oliver nodded.
"And you know what would then happen?"
Oliver nodded again.
"And if I promise," said he, "what then?"
"I will give to you those bottles that you seek," said Oliver.
"But what shall I promise by? My honor?"
Oliver shook his head.
The other laughed. "Do you not trust that?" said he. "No? By what, then, shall I promise?"