the news he screamed out to the room in general was certainly woeful enough : he was dead , the captain had surely murdered him ( pronounced mur-dirt in the chef 's odd , almost teutonic accent ) ; he was at the very least crippled , the cruel and heartless captain of the outer guards having destroyed his good right hand and thus his livelihood , and so ensuring a miserable beggar 's life for him in the years to come ; the captain had inflicted terrible pain on him , a pain beyond belief , such as was not to be borne - shut up ! '