"THE STOLEN CASTLE" "We'll continue." "What a terrible climate here." "This is nothing." "Wait until winter." "I'll be long gone by then." "How far is it?" "We can be at my castle before dark." "I carved this ten years ago." "The day that I left." "I don't know your letters." "This says Floris." "F-L-O-R-I-S Floris." "S..." "I'll add your name." "Can you eat this?" "We'll keep going." "What kind of treatment is this?" "Shut up." "What are you doing here?" "We're riding past, can't you see?" "Yes, straight through the forest." "Why not over the road?" "Because this is shorter." "So that's it." "You're avoiding the tollhouse." "You don't want to pay toll." "Since when is there a tollhouse here?" "As if you didn't know." "Don't lie to me." "Come." "I wouldn't know why." "Because you don't want to pay toll and because I don't like your face." "Come on!" "Hurry up." "What's wrong?" "I'm looking at that castle." "That's the tollhouse." "Is that the tollhouse?" "I guess you didn't know that." "Come on, hurry up." "Keep going." "Who are they?" "Lord Van Rossem, these men didn't want to pay toll." "That's a lie." "We only wanted the shortest..." "I ask the questions here." "Where did you find them?" "In the forest." "They were picking apples and carving their names in a tree." "So you stole apples and chopped wood." "That's going to cost you." "Sa..." "Salan." "Who is that?" "Sindala." "That's me." "Strange name." "Where are you from?" "India." "India?" "Then why are you here?" "I travelled with him." "And why are you here?" "Did you also get lost?" "I've come to live here." "And where will you live?" "Here, in this castle." "This castle is my property." "I am Floris van Rosemondt." "Van Rosemondt?" "Anybody can say that." "Have you got proof?" "This paper is a forgery." "A forgery?" "Yes, a forgery." "Lock them up." "Guards!" "Put them in the dungeon." "They are spies for Wolter van Oldenstein." "This stays here." "Take them away." "Come on, go in." "Throw them in." "Scoundrels." "We won't get out of here quickly." "Who are you?" "He's a mute." "He can't talk." "We'll untie you." "Could take a while." "Captain Van Rossem for the Duke of Guelders." "Duke." "I'm here for a serious reason." "I see." "Did you finally capture Wolter van Oldenstein?" "Duke, this is serious." "Maybe more serious than Oldenstein." "Floris van Rosemondt came back home." "Van Rosemondt?" "These are his papers." "That's a nuisance." "Yes." "Van Rosemondt is the legal heir to the castle." "And we're using it as a tollhouse." "What did you do with him?" "The dungeon." "I accused him of espionage for Wolter van Oldenstein." "Does this Rosemondt know Oldenstein?" "No, he has never even heard of him." "What shall we do with them?" "Good." "I'll keep the papers." "It's going out." "We will be in the dark soon." "A magician." "But now the door." "A loose stone." "This won't work." "Chamois leather." "Hold it." "Suction." "It's working." "Who's that?" "Me." "Oldenstein!" "Oldenstein!" "Who are you?" "Friends." "Come." "My papers." "No time." "Go!" "To the horses." "Grab them!" "Open the gate!" "Mount." "I'll stop them!" "Kill him!" "Get him." "Gate!" "It's Sir Wolter." "I am Wolter van Oldenstein." "Welcome to my castle." "Lock the gate!" "Man the positions!" "It's getting dark." "Double the guards." "Double the guards... man the positions... it feels like war." "Feels like war?" "It is war." "Has been for years." "Then we had better go." "What about my money and my papers?" "Burgundy has been at war with Charles of Guelders for years." "I didn't know." "Who tells you that in the middle of the ocean?" "You're sailors?" "I am Floris van Rosemondt." "Van Rosemondt?" "They imprisoned me at my own castle." "The tollhouse of Guelders." "It's the castle my brother left me." "I only had bread and water, yesterday." "When my eldest brother inherited the castle I went to sea." "I sailed everywhere." "Everywhere." "I even went to Africa and India with the Portuguese." "He's your cell mate." "The best spy of Burgundy." "And a born actor." "And this is the real me." "He talks." "I pretended I was a mute." "I'll never forget my role." "When do we go back to the tollhouse?" "For his papers." "How did you think you'd get in?" "Easy." "With this." "And six broomsticks." "Wait!" "Pay." "For what?" "This is a tollhouse." "You pay toll to the Duke of Guelders and we protect you from robbers." "Robbers?" "Yes, robbers." "Go on, pay." "A magician." "Can I make some money here?" "What is it worth to you?" "Half." "Deal." "Give a show to the soldiers." "You can get ready here." "What's taking so long?" "I'm coming." "I'll keep them busy." "Hurry up." "Men!" "Our joculator." "Where could it be?" "That chest." "No!" "Now I'll show you how soldiers can get rich from their weapons." "Sergeant, may I have your dagger?" "But no funny stuff." "And this is it." "That's real silver." "That's my dagger." "My money." "But no papers." "Silver!" "Look for yourselves." "Pure silver." "I'll let you change your old iron into silver too." "Put your swords here." "And this is the big moment." "Treason!" "Treason!" "Intruders!" "Get your swords!" "Where are our swords?" "Our swords!" "Get those sticks." "Floris!" "Wait a moment." "He's getting behind." "Cold." "Autumn is coming." "And winter." "You won't like it here." "I'll get used to it." "You can still go back to India." "No." "I'll stay until you have your papers back." "I'll be needing your help badly." "Why are you riding so slowly?" "I'm not very comfortable." "Come, we're going."