"I told you he was as manageable as putty. Like all bullies, you can shave him without a razor, if you only know how to go about it."
"Yes; only beware. Such men never keep shape—at least, not for any length of time."
"He'll keep shape till he goes, for that's to-morrow; then——" and he winked at her as he said this.
"Come, Vranic, be kind for once in your life."
"Has anybody ever been kind to me?"
"'Do good, and don't repent having done it; do evil, and expect evil,' says the proverb."
"I never do anything for nothing; so to-morrow night I'll come for my reward."
"Leave me alone, Vranic; if not for my sake, do it for your own good. Fancy, if Radonic were to return. Surely you wouldn't shave him quite as easily as you think."
"I'll take the risk upon myself. I have lulled all his suspicions, so that he has now implicit trust in you. Besides, I'll first see him well out of the town with my own eyes; Vranic is not a seer for nothing," and he winked knowingly with his blinking eyes.
"You don't know Radonic: if you are a fox, he is no goose. He is capable of coming back just to see what I am doing."