Truly, he had been most bitterly deceived.
"You said," continued Philip mercilessly, "that you killed his Highness when he was unarmed.

Is that true ?" "His Highness was unarmed," said Mendoza, almost through his closed teeth, for he was suffering beyond words.
"Unarmed," repeated the King, nodding to Perez, who wrote rapidly.

"You might have given him a chance for his life.

It would have been more soldier-like.

Had you any words before you drew upon him?
Was there any quarrel ?" "None.