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said the Dragon , but nobody heard him . `` Indeed ! '' observed Sir Godfrey . `` And now we 'll chain him in my bear-pit till morning , and at noon he shall be burned alive by the blazing fagots . Let us get some sleep now . '' The cloud of slimly-clad domestics departed with slow steps , and many a look of fear cast backward at the captured monster . `` This Dragon , sir , '' said Geoffrey , wondering at his own voice , `` will die of thirst in that pit .