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 to shoot you down. ['' turns his head slowly around.''] Who's coming up there?

[Looking at .] Policemen.

[To .] You hold still, or[To teasingly.] How many policemen are there?

[His eyes cast down.] Two.

And what are the policemen sitting on?

Horses.

And which can run faster, a horse or a man?

A horse.

There, you see. It would be hard to get away now. [Laughs.] I never saw such an unlucky pair of highway robbers. I can't imagine worse luck. Just today I had to put a pistol in my pocket. And