First of all, what did you see ?" "I saw a forest." "And what is in a forest ?" "Trees." "And what is in a tree ?" "Birds." "Did you see any birds ?" "No, I did not see any birds." "Well, what did you see?
Think! You saw branches And what are the branches ?" asked the terrible voice.

"THERE'S A GIBBET! That is why I call my wood the torture-chamber! ...

You see, it's all a joke.

I never express myself like other people.

But I am very tired of it! ...
I'm sick and tired of having a forest and a torture-chamber in my house and of living like a mountebank, in a house with a false bottom! ...
I'm tired of it! I want to have a nice, quiet flat, with ordinary doors and windows and a wife inside it, like anybody else! A wife whom I could love and take out on Sundays and keep amused on week-days ...
Here, shall I show you some card-tricks?
That will help us to pass a few minutes, while waiting for eleven o'clock to-morrow evening ...