“They tied me up, then, plumb / amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, / and took themselves again to rowing.”
Answer:
The rules to Zaroff's game are deceptively simple. Zaroff first suggests to his victim that they go hunting. The unlucky candidate can choose not to, but if he will not take part in the game, he is turned over to Ivan, who "has his own ideas of sport". If he does not elude Zaroff, he "loses", and is killed.
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