"I have done wrong in drinking the water, and you ought not to have given it me." "You asked for it," she replied.

"You should have had wine but for your obstinacy.

But I will save you yet, if you will tell me where to find the treasure." "Look for it in my grave," he returned, with a hideous grin.
Soon after this, he fell into a sort of stupor.

His wife could now have easily put a period to his existence, but she still hoped to wrest the secret from him.

She was assured, moreover, that his recovery was hopeless.