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Danusia embraced him as though he were a beloved brother, put her little cheek to his face and wept copiously. "I do not want to go to Ciechanow without Zbyszko; I do not want to go to Ciechanow!" Jurand saw her grief, but he was not angry.
Neither the captain, nor any of the soldiers dared to oppose the lord and knight, whom they were accustomed to see every day in the castle and often in confidential conversation with the king. Finally, other knights, equally distinguished, also began to shout with commanding voices: "Stop! Stop!" In the meantime, the Pan of Taczew approached Zbyszko and handed Danusia to him.
It is already near, then, and what must happen, must happen.... As that thought came into Jurand's heart, in addition to his fear and anxiety about Danusia, and his readiness to redeem her from a foe's hands even with his own blood, he experienced a new, exceedingly bitter, and hitherto unknown feeling of humiliation.
The old wlodyka of Dlugolas came and summoned Zbyszko to the princess. "You will serve Danusia and me at the table as my courtier," said the princess. "It may happen that you will please the king by some facetious word or deed, and the Krzyzak if he recognize you, will not complain to the king, seeing that you serve me at the king's table." Zbyszko kissed the princess' hand.
"Look, how can that be carried out," replied Macko. "It is true that we must send him to Spychow, but there is no necessity for all of us to accompany him, one wagon is enough to carry him there." "I do not order it, I only think so, because there we might get much information from him about Zbyszko, and Danusia." "But how can you procure information from one who has no tongue?"
These words angered Zbyszko, and he wondered if it would be proper to challenge the bojarzynek for a fight either on horseback or on foot, with swords or with axes; but he stifled this desire. He dropped his head sadly and surrounded by the archers, went silently to the tower. In the meanwhile everybody's attention in the dining hall was turned to Danusia, who became pale with fright.
I left them relics, which will bring them God's blessing." Zbyszko wanted to ask about Danusia; but he understood that it would be unwise to make a confidant of this stranger, a man of low origin. Therefore, after a short silence, he asked: "What kind of relics are you carrying?"
But the princess said: "I will not promise you anything without Father Wyszoniek. Run for him immediately!" Danusia went after Father Wyszoniek; Zbyszko turned his pale face toward the princess, and said: "What the Lord Jesus has destined for me will happen; but for this consolation, may God reward you, gracious lady."
Even help for Danusia in his mind took the form of a series of battles either in troops or singly; and now he perceived that it might be necessary to restrain his desire for revenge and splitting of heads, like a bear on a chain, and seek new means of saving and recovering Danusia. While thinking of this, he felt sorry that Macko was not with him. Macko was as cunning as he was brave.
But Jurand paid no attention either to the pride or to the contempt which their words contained: his heart swelled and his eyelashes were moist. He thought that he would see Danusia in a moment, and that he would see her actually by their favor; he therefore gazed at the speakers almost with humility, and finally said: "True! true! I used to be hard on you but ... not treacherous."
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