"Then I will kill you."
"Ha! ha! ha!" laughed the man, "that is well said."
"Do you refuse to obey me?"
"I did not say that. You need me, while I can get along without you. The game is therefore unequal."
"You are right, and I beg you to forgive me."
"Well then, vicomte, what do you command?"
"Then you really wish to help me?"
"Follow me," said Benedetto (for he was the man), as he opened a door.
"Anywhere," cried Spero, "if I can only find Jane again."