Drown him thrice!
You mean plunge him in the river three times.
Yes!
If he drowns, he's not a witch. He floats and it is most definitely sorcery.
Milord? Why are you referring to the witch as a 'him'.
It pleases me.
Yes, milord, of course.
The hammer.
Yes, milord, I hold it 'twixt my fingers.
Squire, stop talking that way. What are you, in the eighth century?
The twelfth, milord.
I cannot stand insolence. You will be burnt at the stake with the witch. He needs company.
Her name is Anne, milord, and if it pleases you, allow me to suggest beheading.
Very well then.
And the waters did not drown him/her -
ReplyDeletethis Tiresias, this half-thing, this undecided-about-his-undersides would-be sorceror, a dabbler in your swimming pool.....