"-- Spare me the details; I hear nothing but ill tidings as it is. So, our soldiers will have to fight on foot, will they? Well then, let the property they left behind now swell the army's coffers! Though far better would it be if the gallows' queue were filled with their names instead. A pun, that!" -- explained Ambrose, in case Noli had not yet realized that laughter was expected. -- "Well then, so that the journey here is not in vain, I wish to lay eyes on that creature."
e si ieu muoir, er mi grans deliuriers