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Van Voorden made no attempt to bargain , but merely said , `` Please send them round at once to the Golden Fleece , in the Poultry , which was till yesterday the abode of Master Nicholas Leyd , and also furnish me with the bill by your messenger . '' `` My son will come , '' said the armourer , `` with two men to carry the armour , and in a quarter of an hour the suits shall be at your door . '' `` Send also , I pray you , swords and daggers of the finest temper with each suit , and add the charge to the account . '' It was seven in the evening , and Sir Ralph and his family had just finished their evening meal , when one of the retainers announced that two porters had brought a letter and some goods from Mynheer Van Voorden . `` Let them bring the goods in here , '' Sir Ralph said , `` and then take them into the kitchen and give them a tankard of ale and refreshment , and keep them there till we have a letter ready for their master . '' The party were surprised to see the bulky parcels brought in . One of the men handed a letter addressed to Sir Ralph .