Граф Орлов
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-- If you talk, you might see your dear old dad again. He'll probably lock you up, but that's your problem. But if we find out you've said anything bad about my hospitality, you know what will happen.
Of course, he won't let him go. Why would he? It was obvious from the start that there was no hope of getting a ransom from the merchant. The boy's fate has been sealed for a long time, just as the fate of a mouse caught in a cat's paws is sealed. When a cat plays with a mouse, it escapes, only to find itself back in the cat's claws, and this repeats over and over again, because from the mouse's perspective, there is neither a cat nor a game – only life, freedom, which are so close, yet so unattainable – it is completely incomprehensible to the poor rodent's mind. From the cat's perspective, the outcome is perfectly clear.
Of course, he won't let him go. Why would he? It was obvious from the start that there was no hope of getting a ransom from the merchant. The boy's fate has been sealed for a long time, just as the fate of a mouse caught in a cat's paws is sealed. When a cat plays with a mouse, it escapes, only to find itself back in the cat's claws, and this repeats over and over again, because from the mouse's perspective, there is neither a cat nor a game – only life, freedom, which are so close, yet so unattainable – it is completely incomprehensible to the poor rodent's mind. From the cat's perspective, the outcome is perfectly clear.
E si sui vius, er mi grans benananza,
e si ieu muoir, er mi grans deliuriers
e si ieu muoir, er mi grans deliuriers