Lorenzo, in a few moments, crept into the narrow room.
“Will you now answer my question?” he inquired of the victim.
“Yes.”
“Is the captain alive and safe?”
“Yes.”
“What are the intentions of your captain about him?”
“To—oh! take me away from these spikes: oh! these cursed spikes.”
“Speak.”
“To take him to Trinidad, to be tried.”
“When is your ship to direct her course to that place?—Take him out, men.”