CHAPTER IV[ToC]
THE FIRST ROUND
"Brassbound: You are not my guest: you are my prisoner.
Sir Howard: Prisoner?
Brassbound: I warned you. You should have taken my warning.
Sir Howard: ... Am I to understand, then, that you are a brigand? Is this a matter of ransom?
Brassbound: ... All the wealth of England shall not ransom you.