"I mean what I say. I know you are not above doing such work by the way you tackled me."
"Is de boy alone?"
"Yes."
"An' yer want to whip him and den make him a prisoner?"
"Yes."
"Wot yer goin' ter do wid him after dat?"
"I don't know yet."
"Who is de boy?"
"A cadet up at the military academy above here."
Stumpy Nuggs scratched his head of tangled hair.