Sleep—and in place of death too.
"Well old fellow," said Lorand to his brother, "I owe you one more adventurous joke, with which I wish to surprise you."
The threat was uttered so good-humoredly that Desiderius had no cause to be frightened, but he said quietly: "Tell me what it is."
Lorand laughed.
"I shall not go home with you now."
"Well, and what shall you do?" inquired Desiderius quite as astonished as Lorand had expected.
"I shall escape from you," he said, shaking his head good-humoredly.
"Ah, that is an audacious enterprise! But tell me, where are you going to escape to?"
"Ha, ha! I shall not merely tell you where I am going, but I shall take you with me to look after me henceforward as you have done hitherto."
"You are very wise to do so.—May I know whither?"