" I hold the biscuits in front of his face and he stands up." What do I have to do?" he says." Nothing," I say. " They're for you." " Are they poisoned?" he says." No," I say." Eat one," he says.So I do." Probably the others are poisoned," he says. " Eat a fraction of each." I eat a corner off each biscuit. He looks at the reminders suspiciously, then sniffs them." I'm not sure it's worth it," he says. " How I wish you'd never come. Perhaps you've left the poison off of just those corners." I begin to realize I'll doubt whatever information he gives me." Lick the entire biscuit," he says. " Then give them to me." So I lick each biscuit." Both sides," he says.I lick both sides of each biscuit. I give him the wet biscuits and he cracks them open and sniffs them. Then he puts them in his pocket. " What do you want?" he says. " Now that you've failed to poison me to death. "