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`` So that he may hear us go after him-stupid ! '' answered the other . `` When he has been waiting for his sweetheart about a quarter of an hour I will call his name in a woman 's voice , and at his first step towards the desert do you break his neck with the sand-bag . We have plenty of time yet , for it must still be a good half hour before midnight . '' `` So much the better , '' said the other . `` Our wine-jar is not nearly empty yet , and we paid the lazy landlord for it in advance , before he crept into bed . '' `` You shall only drink two cups more , '' said the punier villain .