I could not, to be saved from the uttermost horror, have made myself his ally.
'Now listen, Mr Portugoose,' I cried.

'You tell me you are a spy.
What if I shout that through the camp?
There will be short shrift for you if Laputa hears it.' He laughed loudly.

'You are a bigger fool than I took you for.

Who would believe you, my friend.

Not Laputa.