"'Would you have his heart rather than all else in the world?' asked he.
"'Yes.'
"'I comply with your demand—but first you must dine with me,' said he.
"So a great dinner was served up, and only Kyd and the lady sat down to it—for he treated her with great respect all the time, and more like a gentleman than a bucanier. After they had dined, she said, 'Now grant me my wish, and let me have what I love best on earth.'
"'You have had it,' said he.
"'Where—what?' she asked, trembling all over at his fearful looks, and hardly knowing what to dread.
"'Your lover's heart.'
"'Where?' she asked.
"'You have just dined off of it,'" said he.
"What became of the lady?" asked the warden, after the exclamations of horror and surprise had subsided.