Part 9 (1/2)

GILBERT

I a to call the constables

FABIANI

You are going to help me throw the body into the water

GILBERT

I will have you seized and punished

FABIANI

You will help me throw the body into the water

GILBERT

You are insolent

FABIANI

Do as I say! Let us destroy all traces of this Believe me, you are more interested in the matter than I am

GILBERT

Upon my soul!

FABIANI

One of us two did the deed I areat lord, a nobleman You are a passer-by, a peasant, a man of the people A noble who kills a Jew pays a fine of four sous; a man of the people who kills one of his fellow-creatures is hanged

GILBERT

You would dare--

FABIANI

If you denounce me, I will denounce you I will be believed sooner than you At any rate, the chances are unequal Four sous fine for allows for you

GILBERT

No witnesses! No proofs! Oh, ht, he has me in his power

FABIANI

Shall I help you throw the corpse into the river?

GILBERT