Now tell me exactly what you or your master requires of me." "Not my master: I alone." "It is all the same.

What am I to do, and when is it to be done ?" "This very night, Bufferio." "To-night?
This will oblige me to renounce my game with the Portuguese sailor; and yet I might have won some gold pieces there." "Listen, Signor Bufferio.

To-night, at eleven o'clock, a young nobleman, accompanied by two lute-players, will come from the direction of the convent of the Dominicans; he will turn the corner at Prince Street, and will proceed towards the church of St.James.He will thus be obliged to pass before the stone well at the head of Hoboken Street.

You will conceal yourself behind the well with two or three faithful companions, and as the young gentleman passes, you will attack and kill him." "The affair has been well planned," remarked the ruffian.

"I could manage it by myself; but since you desire it, I will take with me a couple of my brave companions.