This looked severe, and convinced them that the governor was in earnest; however, they had no way left them but to accept it; and it was now the business of the prisoners, as much as of the captain, to persuade the other five to do their duty.
Ráadásul így azoknak az embereknek, akik az imént hűséget esküdtek, már nem csak a kapitány, hanem társaik miatt is tartaniuk kellett magukat a szavukhoz.