Chapter 11 Summary

Prince Brat continues to refuse to deliver the note. Cutwater threatens a beating to which the Prince threatens to tear up the note and keep the crown for himself. The two outlaws go outside to discuss this notion of sharing the reward with the whipping boy. While they are outside, Jemmy and Prince Brat exchange words. The prince demands he will not return to the castle until he is ready and at a time that he chooses. Jemmy is trying to figure out why Prince Brat will not leave. The outlaws return to offer the whipping boy a bucketful of the jewels but again he refuses. Just as Hold-Your-Nose Billy takes off his leather belt, Jemmy offers a new plan to deliver the note to the castle.

Insisting that horses know their way home, he persuades the villains to use this horse to...