"My friends in Warsaw will pay a ransom for me, if you will let me return there." "No, no, young fellow.

You would of course put down this Jew's death to our doing, and we have weight enough on our backs already.
He is a man of great influence, and all his tribe would be pressing on the government to hunt us down.

You shall go with us, and the purse you took from Ben Soloman will pay your footing." Charlie saw that it would be useless to try and alter the man's decision, especially as he knew so little of the language.

He therefore shrugged his shoulders, and said that he was ready to go with them, if it must be so.
The Jew's body was now thoroughly searched.

Various papers were found upon him, but, as these proved useless to the brigands, they were torn up.
"Shall we take the horse with us ?" one of the men asked the leader.
"No, it would be worse than useless in the forest.