“He did.”
“On his promise, as a man of honour and a gentleman, you believed him?”
“I did.”
“You paid the price he demanded?”
“Yes; and no sooner did he receive it than he had me arrested.”
“Who assisted you to escape?”
“I know not, or how or when it was, Captain Death-wing. All I know is, that I fell into a deep sleep, and when I awoke to consciousness I was liberated from prison and safe and well here in this house, surrounded by several armed men of the Skeleton Crew.”
“Do you hear that, Captain Jack?” Alick asked, with a sneer.
“I do hear it.”
“All this was done,” said Death-wing, “while this gentleman here was betting at cards. Instead of paying the sum he spoke of, he lost every note in betting against me. In proof of it, I had every bank note marked, and here they are,” said he, presenting before Captain Jack’s own eyes the very notes he had lost in bets.