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Again Ebearhard laughed. "'Tis no use, Roland, pretending abandonment, for you will not abandon. I thoroughly favor choking the life out of Kurzbold, and one or two of the others, and will myself volunteer for the office of headsman, carrying, as I do, the ax, but let everything be done decently and in order, that a dignified execution may follow on a fair trial."
When these two stood up and stretched themselves, the bearers of bread and wine presented them with this refreshment, and after they had partaken of it, Greusel gave them each a bag of gold, which they tied to their belts without a word, while Greusel and Ebearhard waited to escort them to land. "We want our swords," said Kurzbold sullenly. Ebearhard looked at his chief, but he shook his head.
"Ah, that reminds me, Ebearhard; here is the bag we saw last night. I discovered it attached to my belt this morning." "He attached it to the wrong belt, then, for you believed him. He should have tied it to mine. What reason does he give for presenting it to you?" "Ah, now you touch a point of anxiety in my own mind. I have seen nothing of Roland this morning.
Roland stood on deck with Greusel and Ebearhard by his side, the latter relating the difficulties of the evening. There had been singing in the cabin during the passage across, then came a lull in the roar from below, followed by a shout that betokened danger.
If you doubt my conclusions, I'll wager twenty-five thalers against your thirty that I am in the right." "I never gamble, Ebearhard, especially when certain to lose. You are a shrewder man than I, by a long bowshot."
Kurzbold and his lieutenant broke out into alternate curses and appeals, protesting that Greusel and Ebearhard had not been expelled from the guild, and calling upon them by their solemn oath of brotherhood to release them now that they possessed the power. To these appeals the newly-appointed judges made no reply, and for once Ebearhard did not laugh.
If I return and order you to march on unfed, you must do so as cheerfully as you can." This ultimatum called forth not a word of opposition, and Ebearhard led the van while Greusel deflected up the hill to his right, the sooner to reach the village.
Now, because of Kurzbold's lack of courtesy, you deflect from your own mature judgment, and hastily jump into a course opposite to that which you marked out for yourself after sober, unbiased thought." "My dear Ebearhard, the duty of a commander is to give, and not to receive, commands." "Quite so.
The three conversed until the hour was consumed, then Roland, throwing his cloak over his arm, rose, and said to his lieutenant: "Just rouse the men, if you please; and you, Ebearhard, tell the landlord to give each a flagon of wine. We take the road to Wiesbaden. I shall walk slowly on ahead, so that you and the company may overtake me."
"Oh, you always were a glib talker, but the question now is what are we to do?" "Yes, and that is a question for you to decide," said Ebearhard. "When you mutinied last night, you practically deposed Roland from the leadership. To my mind, he had no further obligations towards you, so, having roughly taken the power into your own hands, it is for you to deal with it as you think best.
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