A King 's ransom -- no , the ransom of a People ! When I had loosed hold of the last bar , the Lord commanded the tide to return me to a haven at the mouth of a river , and thence I walked across a wilderness to Lewes , where I have brethren . They opened the door to me , and they say -- I had not eaten for two days -- they say that I fell across the threshold , crying : `` I have sunk an army with horsemen in the sea ! '' ' ` But you had n't , ' said Una . ` Oh , yes ! I see ! You meant that King John might have spent it on that ? ' ` Even so , ' said Kadmiel . The firing broke out again close behind them . The pheasants poured over the top of a belt of tall firs . They could see young Mr Meyer , in his new yellow gaiters , very busy and excited at the end of the line , and they could hear the thud of the falling birds . ` But what did Elias of Bury do ? ' Puck demanded . ` He had promised money to the King . ' Kadmiel smiled grimly . ' I sent him word from London that the Lord was on my side . When he heard that the Plague had broken out in Pevensey , and that a Jew had been thrust into the Castle to cure it , he understood my word was true . He and Adah hurried to Lewes and asked me for an accounting . He still looked on the gold as his own . I told them where I had laid it , and I gave them full leave to pick it up ... Eh , well !
The curses of a fool and the dust of a journey are two things no wise man can escape ... But I pitied XXXXX !
Elias Jew Kadmiel Lewes London Meyer Pevensey Puck Una firs