Still, I will fight you gladly, at sea or on shore, wherever and whenever we meet, till one or both are dead.

But what is the stake, and how do I know that some of these," and he pointed to the crew, who were listening intently, "will not stab me from behind ?" "Senor, I have told you that I do not murder, and that would be the foulest murder.

As for the stake, it is Margaret to the victor.

If you kill me, on behalf of all my company, I swear by our Saviour's Blood that you shall depart with her and her father unharmed, and if I kill you, then you both shall swear that she shall be left with me, and no suit or question raised but to her woman I give liberty, who have seen more than enough of her." "Nay," broke in Castell, speaking for the first time "I demand the right to fight with you also when my arm is healed." "I refuse it," answered d'Aguilar haughtily.

"I cannot lift my sword against an old man who is the father of the maid who shall be my wife, and, moreover, a merchant and a Jew.