`` But have ye no ears to your head ? '' `` To be sure ! '' cried I. `` I must hear the bursting of the glass ! '' `` Ye have some rudiments of sense , '' said Alan , grimly . CHAPTER X THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE But now our time of truce was come to an end . Those on deck had waited for my coming till they grew impatient ; and scarce had Alan spoken , when the captain showed face in the open door . `` Stand ! '' cried Alan , and pointed his sword at him . The captain stood , indeed ; but he neither winced nor drew back a foot . `` A naked sword ? '' says he . `` This is a strange return for hospitality . '' `` Do ye see me ? '' said Alan . `` I am come of kings ; I bear a king 's name . My badge is the oak . Do ye see my sword ? It has slashed the heads off mair Whigamores than you have toes upon your feet . Call up your vermin to your back , sir , and fall on ! The sooner the clash begins , the sooner ye 'll taste this steel throughout your vitals . ''
The captain said nothing to XXXXX , but he looked over at me with an ugly look .
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