22/23 With a chisel or a dagger now, this might be prized open.' 'By Heaven!' I whispered, 'if you should attempt it I shall lay you on your back.' 'Well, well, young Anak! it was but a passing fancy to see the treasure again. Now, if he were but well favoured to the King, this would be fair prize of war. Marked ye not that he claimed to have been the last Royalist who drew sword in England? Your father, godly as he is, would have little compunction in despoiling such an Amalekite. Besides, bethink you, he can make more as easily as your good mother maketh cranberry dumplings.' 'Enough said!' I answered sternly. |