“Did you not seduce from her duty to the King, and force to fly with you, his Majesty's ward, the Lady Jocelyn Leigh?”
“No,” I said. “There was with me only my wife, who chose to follow the fortunes of her husband.”
He frowned, and my lord swore beneath his breath. “Did you not, falling in with a pirate ship, cast in your lot with the scoundrels upon it, and yourself turn pirate?”
“In some sort.”
“And become their chief?”
“Since there was no other situation open,—yes.”
“Taking with you as captives upon the pirate ship that lady and that nobleman?”
“Yes.”
“You proceeded to ravage the dominions of the King of Spain, with whom his Majesty is at peace”—
“Like Drake and Raleigh,—yes,” I said.