18/22 "You stand here at the head of the ladder, sergeant. Throw up a rope and you can fix it to this stanchion. Who is captain of this ship ?" "I am, sir," said Ephraim Savage submissively. An old man, his daughter, and a young fellow about your age in some sort of livery." "In uniform, sir! The uniform of the king's guard. Those are the folk I have come for." "And you wish to take them back ?" "Most certainly." "Poor folk! I am sorry for them." "And so am I, but orders are orders and must be done." "Quite so. |