'I will even tell you what that medal bears: a Phoenix burning, with the word _Libertas_.' The medallist remaining speechless, 'You are a pretty fellow,' continued Otto, smiling, 'to complain of incivility from the man whom you conspire to murder.' 'Murder!' protested the man.

'Nay, never that; nothing criminal for me!' 'You are strangely misinformed,' said Otto.

'Conspiracy itself is criminal, and ensures the pain of death.

Nay, sir, death it is; I will guarantee my accuracy.

Not that you need be so deplorably affected, for I am no officer.