John Constable The Hay Wain

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'As an assassin, I mean. You get paid to kill people. Have you killed lots? Do you know you tense your back muscles a lot?'
'I don't think I ought to talk about it,' he said.
'I ought to know. If we've got to cross the desert together and everything. More than a hundred?'
'Good heavens, no.,
'Well, ?'
'There's a different name for that sort of woman,' said Ptraci, but without much rancour.
'Sorry. Less than ten?'
'Let's say,' said Ptraci, 'a number between zero and tenless than fifty?' Teppic rolled over. 'Look, even the most famous assassins never killed more than thirty people in all their lives,' he said. 'Less than twenty, then?' 'Yes.' 'Less than ten?' 'I think,' said Teppic, 'it would be best to say a number between zero and ten.' 'Just so long as I know. These things are important.' They strolled back to You Bastard. But now it was Teppic who seemed to have something on his mind. 'All this senate . . .' he said. 'Congress,' corrected Ptraci. 'You . . . er . . . more than fifty people