"Why dost thou not kill me?"
"I have a message for thy master yonder, the Lord Mahommed."
"Speak it then."
"Tell him he is in range of the cannon on the towers, and only the Emperor's presence there restrains the gunners. There is much need for thee to haste."
"Who art thou?"
"I am an Italian knight who, though thy Lord's enemy, hath reason to love him. Wilt thou go?"
"I will do as thou sayest."
"Alight, then. Thy horse is mine."
"For ransom?"
"No."