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"He believes that they are not keeping her on the border, and that, as Jurand has justly pointed out, they have carried her to some distant castle or to the seashore, but if there be proof that they are the perpetrators, then they will not disclaim it before the master." But Jurand said in a strange and, at the same time, terrible tone: "Danveld, von Loeve, Godfried and Rotgier."
"Bah, and not otherwise than before all of us, so that there may be witnesses of our good faith and mercy." Then he ordered the warriors standing near to bring Danusia, while he himself approached von Loeve, Rotgier and Godfried, who surrounded him and commenced a quick and animated conversation. "I do not oppose you, although this was not your object," said old Zygfried.
To his right sat the old Zygfried von Loeve of Insburk, an inexorable foe of the Polish race in general, and particularly of Jurand of Spychow; to his left were the younger brethren, Godfried and Rotgier.
"God blesses all deeds whose purpose is the good of the Order," said the gloomy Zygfried von Loeve. Then they rode silently, and before them went their retinue, to open the way, because the road was covered with a heavy snow, which had fallen during the night. The day was cloudy, but warm; therefore the horses were steaming.
The vengeful and uncontrollable nature of Jurand also seemed to awake in full force under the influence of Zbyszko's words, because he began to gnash his teeth in the darkness and after a while to repeat again the names: Danveld, von Loeve, Rotgier and Godfried!
Brothers Rotgier and Godfried pursued him, but they soon returned, frightened by a dreadful cry from Danveld. Von Loeve supported him with his shoulders, while he cried so loudly that the retinue, riding with the wagons in front at quite a distance, stopped their horses. "What is the matter with you?" asked the brothers.
But before that, while taking leave of the princess, at the moment that Zygfried von Loeve kissed her hand, Hugo von Danveld approached Danusia, put his hand on her head and caressing her, said: "Our commandment is to return good for evil, and even to love our enemy; therefore I will send a sister of the Order here, and she will bring you the healing balm."
He only prevailed upon Rotgier to write a letter to the master and to Zygfried von Loeve, stating that he was the first to throw down the gauntlet to the Mazovian knights, in consequence of which he appeared at a combat with the husband of Jurand's daughter, who had already challenged him once before.
But Zygfried von Loeve and Arnold von Baden broke through the enemy's ranks and escaped." "Did you see her?" asked Zbyszko, with beating heart. "I did not see her face, sir, but I saw a closed litter made of brushwood, suspended between two horses, in which there was somebody, led by that very lizard, the same servant of the Order who came from Danveld to the Forest Court.
Then he suddenly threw down his cap and exclaimed: "By all the relics of Akwizgran! Then those who were at the head of the relief train to Gotteswerder, were Arnold von Baden and old Zygfried von Loeve. That we learned from the letters which were sent to the castle. Were they taken prisoners?" "No!" said Zbyszko, excitedly. "None of the most important! But, by God!
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