“Well,” says I, “I will send for them up and talk with them for you.” So I caused Friday and the two hostages, for they were now discharged, their comrades having performed their promise; I say, I caused them to go to the cave, and bring up the five men, pinioned as they were, to the bower, and keep them there till I came.
Comandai dunque a Venerdì e ai due ostaggi posti ora in libertà (poichè i loro colleghi aveano mantenuta la loro promessa) di andare alla caverna e, trattine fuori i due prigionieri, condurli legati com’erano alla mia casa di villeggiatura, ove gli avrebbero custoditi finch’io fossi giunto per decidere del loro destino.