With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves."A very strong statement, and one I would not have made without major hesitation. After all, they have already had one surprise about the contents of their sacks. After their previous visit, when they were heading home, they found that their sacks contained their payments, each man's money in his own sack.
Now, they're on their way home, and the boss's servant catches up to them and asks why they have taken his cup. While it's true that none of them had stolen it, they didn't steal back their money last time, but it got there anyhow. So now you say that if something once again shows up unexpectedly, that you're willing to accept punishment? Somehow, what pops into my mind is the phrase "Once bitten, twice shy." Unless I'd already checked my sack before he caught up tome, I wouldn't be making that oath.
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