"I think that it is you who are jesting, for I am perfectly serious when I say that I intend to take you with me even against your will."
"We will see."
"You may be assured that you will," said Banfy; he blew his horn and from all sides appeared armed men out of the forest. Csaki's men were surrounded.
"This is certainly treason!" cried Csaki, infuriated.
"Oh no, only a little Carnival fun," replied Banfy, laughing. "This once the game catches the hunter. Forward, my men, take the horses of these gentlemen by the bridle and follow me with them to Bonczida. If any one of them does not go willingly, fasten his legs firmly to the stirrups."
"I protest against this violence," said Csaki, raging. "I call upon you to bear witness that I have entered a protest against this law of violence."
"And I, on my part, call on everybody to witness," said Banfy, laughing as he imitated him; "that I have invited these gentlemen in the most friendly fashion to a banquet."
"I protest it is violence!"
"It is diversion—Hungarian hospitality."
Some of the gentlemen laughed and the rest cursed. Finally, since Banfy had the power, Csaki's men sullenly yielded to the act of violence and allowed themselves to be led away to Bonczida.