[swallowing painfully]
or twenty. What makes it so hard is that I can't do what they want, even to let you and Ivanoff out. It ain't my money. All I can do is to ask you to forgive me, and warn you to get away before they come down on me. This feller's got me, Doc. Don't you see how it stands? Ivanoff can't get away—[pg 125]
VASILI
No; I think he can't.
PIKE
They've got this militia all around the place.
VASILI
I passed through the cordon of carabiniere as I came in.
PIKE
[urgently]