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Ye see I am freed from your grasp, and ye are now prisoners in this house during my pleasure.

Yes, noble Baron; give them to our charge, and we will keep them securely, I warrant you.

I thank you, my friends; but I have somewhat more to say to these gentlemen. Ye see that I might detain you here, as long as my own convenience or safety, granting I were guilty, might require it; but I release you freely, upon this condition, that I shall remain at liberty, unmolested, till to-morrow mid-day; after that hour, I bind myself, as a man of honour, to be found here in my own house, ready without resistance to obey the laws of my country.

Spoken like a man of honour, and we will trust you.

And you promise this? (To Second Officer.) And you.

We do.

Let these gentlemen retire freely when it is