What is it ?" "I have brought your lordship, in this pouch, what one of the rogues left behind him," said the little man.

"It is a trophy which, in good faith and honest truth, I do confess I won not by the blade, but I claim the credit of securing it with that presence of mind which few men possess amidst flashing torches and clashing weapons.

I secured it, my lord, and here it is." So saying, he produced, from the hawking pouch already mentioned, the stiffened hand which had been found on the scene of the skirmish.
"Nay, bonnet maker," said the provost, "I'll warrant thee man enough to secure a rogue's hand after it is cut from the body.

What do you look so busily for in your bag ?" "There should have been--there was--a ring, my lord, which was on the knave's finger.

I fear I have been forgetful, and left it at home, for I took it off to show to my wife, as she cared not to look upon the dead hand, as women love not such sights.