"Well, well," said I, not wishing to dwell further on my work of death, "and whither go you, pray?"
"To Lyme, to join the Duke."
"Ah! I also go to Lyme, though not to join the Duke; but rather to my bed."
"Good, then by your leave I'll bear you company," said he. "So, when you are ready----"
"And that is now," I answered, rising.
He paused a moment to gaze down upon the two dead men, then off we went together.
"Know you who those coward rascals were?" he asked me as we strode along.
"Some of Duke Monmouth's men," I answered.
He stopped and looked at me, then broke into a laugh.
"What now?" I asked.