Also he promised to bring them some clothes and cloaks of Spanish make, since those they had were not fit to travel in through that country, being soiled and blood-stained.
After he had gone, and the priest with him, who was busy seeing to the division of the spoils from the ship and making sure of his own share, the servant, a good soul, brought them soup, which they drank.

Then they lay down again upon the beds and talked together as to what they should do.
Castell was downhearted, pointing out that they were still as far from Margaret as ever, who was now once more lost to them, and in the hand of Morella, whence they could scarcely hope to snatch her.

It would seem also that she was being taken to the Moorish city of Granada, if she were not already there, where Christian law and justice had no power.
When he had heard him out, Peter, whose heart was always stout, answered: "God has as much power in Granada as in London, or on the seas whence He has saved us.

I think, Sir, that we have great reason to be thankful to God, seeing that we are both alive to-day, who might so well have been dead, and that Margaret is alive also, and, as we believe, unharmed.
Further, this Spanish thief of women is, it would seem, a strange man, that is, if there be any truth in his words, for although he could steal her, it appears that he cannot find it in his heart to do her violence, but is determined to win her only with her own consent, which I think will not be had readily.

Also, he shrinks from murder, who, when he could have butchered us, did not do so." "I have known such men before," said Castell, "who hold some sins venial, but others deadly to their souls.