“You may sit down. And now for the next,” said Death-wing, pointing to a huge fellow, who now advanced to give an account of his doings. “What have you accomplished?”
“I have had a strange adventure, Captain Death-wing,” was the gruff reply.
“With whom?”
“With a party of noble ladies and gentlemen.”
“Indeed, ’tis seldom you trouble them much. But how did it happen?”
“There was a wedding party down in the country, and I heard that the father of the bride was going to give her a large sum of money as a dowry.”
“Who was the father?”
“A very wealthy old farmer.”
“Well, and how did you manage it?”
“The night before the wedding I took with me many of the crew in order to make sure of the prize.