“Yes. Not bad. But I say, permit me, wouldn’t it be funny—” Sisyphus smiled as an idea struck him, “—wouldn’t it be funny if you returned me to the upper world alive? Imagine her shock!” “Hm . . .” “And I would make sure that every day she paid for her insolence and disrespect. No gold or feasting, nothing but harsh treatment, insults, and servitude. I can’t wait to see her face when I appear in front of her, alive and well and whole . . . and perhaps . . . perhaps even more youthful and vital and handsome than ever? She is only twenty-six, but imagine her torment if I outlived her! I would
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