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`` May I suggest , sir , that they should be those appropriate to a small merchant ? This might seem to account for my not being placed with the other slaves who may be on board the galley , as it would be supposed that I was set apart in order that I should be sent to one of the auberges as a servant ; and my afterwards being herded with the others would be explained by its being found that there was no opening for me in such a capacity . I should think there would be no difficulty in obtaining such a suit , as garments of all kinds are brought here in prizes , and are bought up by some of the Greek merchants , who afterwards find opportunities of despatching them by craft trading among the islands . '' Just before noon Gervaise walked down to the port with Sir John Boswell , a servant following with a bundle . `` It seems to me a hare brained scheme , lad , '' Sir John , who had just joined him , said , as they issued from the auberge ; `` though I own , from what the bailiff tells me , that there must be some treacherous plot on hand , and when that is the case it is necessary that it should be probed to the bottom . But for a knight to go in the disguise of an infidel slave seems to me to be beyond all bounds . '' `` If one is ready to give one 's life for the Order , Sir John , surely one need not mind a few weeks ' inconvenience .