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TALIPED: Did he pay
you for a child once, this man here? And did
you take the cash and hand him one male kid?

SHEPHERD: Yep. I made a killing. Not the kind
I was sent out to make, though.

TALIPED: Never mind.
Where'd you get that kid from, anyhow?

SHEPHERD: Must I tell you?

TALIPED: [TO GUARDS]
Break his finger.

SHEPHERD: Ow!
Two pinkies in two minutes: the heck with that!
The Deanery here is where I got the brat.

TALIPED: The cleaning-lady's kid? Who was the father?

SHEPHERD: I can't say. . .

TALIPED: [TO GUARDS]
Break his finger.

SHEPHERD: No! Don't bother!
They said the bastard was Labdakides's.