"Then that is an end of the matter."
"No, it is not," answered Talbot, quickly; "you are all bound to give such military service as the governor may require."
"That is true."
"Then I call upon you to arrest and convey to Concord the body of Ethan Allen."
Seth Warner moved up to the judge's bench.
"Are you jesting?" he asked.
"No."
"You mean to insist that we shall do such service as you have outlined?"
"It is my order, acting in the name of the governor."
"Then tell the governor that there is not a man in all the grants that will lay a finger on Col. Ethan Allen."