I accept," he answered at last, and swung to the Spaniards.

"And you--you will accept too," he insisted passionately.

"For Don Diego's sake and for your own--for all our sakes.

If you do not, this man will butcher us all without mercy." Since he yielded, and their leader himself counselled no resistance, why should they encompass their own destruction by a gesture of futile heroism?
They answered without much hesitation that they would do as was required of them.
Blood turned, and advanced to Don Diego.
"I am sorry to inconvenience you in this fashion, but..." For a second he checked and frowned as his eyes intently observed the prisoner.

Then, after that scarcely perceptible pause, he continued, "but I do not think that you have anything beyond this inconvenience to apprehend, and you may depend upon me to shorten it as far as possible." Don Diego made him no answer.
Peter Blood waited a moment, observing him; then he bowed and stepped back..