"To let us pass, after pledging your word of honour not to molest our retreat."
"Never! That money is indispensable to me, and I must have it."
"Come and take it, then,"
"That is what I am going to do."
"Very good."
"The blood I wished to spare will fall on your head."
"Or on yours."
They separated.
The Captain turned to his soldiers, who had been near enough to follow the discussion through all its turnings.
"What will you do, lads?" he asked them.