"I will answer to you for that."
"Do you know him very well, then, Master?"
"Pardieu! I am his squire."
"Ah, Judas!" The archer could not restrain the exclamation.
"No," was Arnauld's unmoved comment; "for Judas was hanged, and I shall not be."
"It may be that you will find it difficult to escape," said the archer, who had his jocose moments.
"Well, we shall see," retorted Arnauld; "but no more talk. Do you hold to our bargain,—yes or no?"
"It's done!" the Englishman replied; "and I will escort your master to my lord. Afterward you shall point out to me another nobleman and some substantial citizen, if you know any such."
"I know the right ones at the same price,—half of your commission."
"You shall have it, you emissary of the devil!"