One of their party is the captain's brother.

That's how it is they came to take us in.

But I think they would have been glad to get rid of us, for the Red Captain's lot were too bad for anything; and it isn't because men are ready to cheat the king's revenue that they are fond of such villains and murderers as these." In a short time the doctor arrived.

He had brought a case of instruments with him.
"There's nothing for it but amputation here," he said when he examined the wounded soldier.

"His legs are just splintered.