Into the room stepped Captain Strange.
"Poor Rob," he said with a grin, "you're like a ghost. No used your bed? Come, come, I thought better of you than that. Not afraid, are you, Rob?"
"If I were afraid I would do what you want, but you will never have that satisfaction."
"Never is a strong word, Rob. I would not use that word to the Duke, boy..."
"He can hang me, but it will be without a fair trial."
Strange leaned his arm upon the window ledge.
"Wrong again; there will be a fair trial, Rob," he said without turning his head, "and that this very day. It is more than many another has had—and that's the truth."
"What can you prove against me?"
"I have a witness, Rob, who will tell us all about you. What do you say to that?"
"That you lie."