“In the first place, you received several thousand pounds from Phillip Redgill?”
“Yes, I did, worse luck.”
“Will you return it?”
“How can I do so?”
“That remains with yourself to think of. If you do not in less than a week, your life is not worth a farthing!”
“But I have no money.”
“Are you not captain of the Baker’s Dozen, as your men are called?”
“I am.”
“Well, then, get it how you can, but if you fail in doing so in less than a week, you die! Do you hear?”
“I do.”