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.