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The next few days are quiet and dull. When you go out with the boat, you keep to the usual places and very soon the other fishermen give up hopes of following you to the lagoon. A few of them do try to brave the northern waters by themselves but ultimately end up scratching their heads over where you actually went, for they cannot believe that anyone could have successfully navigated the path of rocks they encountered. You itch for the time when you can return there again, but for now content yourself with more meager fare: mackerel, flounder, herring, the occasional triggerfish. Your uncle, at least, seems to be enjoying the work, as well as the attention from the other fishermen. They all like his gregariousness more than your cold silence.
Later, near the end of the week, the fishmonger comes to you to deliver the rest of the silver. The sale to the lord seems to have gone very well, given the smile on his normally surly face. It seems the lord came into some "movable property" recently, of dubious origin, through his son, "the young upstart", and was happy to match any price the fishmonger named.
Indeed, the very next day, God's day of rest, your cousin comes down from the castle to bring you the good news. The raid was a complete success. Apparently, "there wasn't even any fighting" (much to your cousin's disappointment, it seems) as the menfolk had all been called away to the army of the king, to defend their kingdom from a newly arrived heathen raiding party. The lord's son and his men came away with not only three heads of cattle for each man, but a slave to each man as well, all of which was swiftly converted into cold silver.
Your cousin is ready to return to you money he borrowed, and further, to hand you another two hundred pieces as your "share of the spoils". He promised he would raise your fortunes with his own, and intends to make good on that promise.
You decide to:
>Take the money, thanking God for such good fortune in so short a space of time.
>Refuse the money, for it does not feel right to take money that has been earned by the sale of flesh and stolen cattle.
>Let your cousin put the money to some enterprise of his own. He has proven his worth, and greater riches than this might be yours by his future deeds.
>Write-in
