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"I stand by my colleagues." "Gag them again," ordered Kurzbold. "No, no!" cried Roland. "We are quite helpless. Give your words, gentlemen." Gloomily Greusel obeyed, and merrily Ebearhard. Darkness was now gathering, and when it fell completely the three men were put off into the forest. "You have not yet," said Kurzbold to Roland, "ordered the captain to obey me.
Saying this, he shook hands with the captain and Greusel, and descended into the small boat, bidding farewell to Ebearhard. "Urge them," were his last words, "to get well out of sight of Pfalz and Furstenberg before the day breaks, and as for the small boats, turn them loose; present them as a peace-offering to the Rhine."
It is not for him to lay down the law to us, but whatever laws exist for our governance, and I thank Heaven there are few of them, must be settled in conclave by a majority of the league." "Right! Right!" was the unanimous cry, and when Ebearhard sat down all were seated except Roland, who stood at the end of the table with pale face and compressed lips.
We have been gathering information as we journeyed, and have not remained sulking in the barge." "Well, that is encouraging news to hear," said Roland. "I thought you were engaged in sampling wine." "You hear the command. Will you obey?" "I will not," said Roland decisively. Ebearhard took a step forward to the side of his chief, and glanced at him reproachfully.
"Oh, the devil!" cried Ebearhard, sitting down as if this went beyond him. He gazed up and down the table as much as to say, "I leave this in your hands, gentlemen." The meeting gave immediate expression of its agreement with Ebearhard. "Gentlemen," said Roland, "I insist that Conrad Kurzbold apologizes to me for the expressions he has used, and promises not again to offend in like manner."
"Goebel will not part with a florin except under security of such letters as I purpose giving you and Greusel, and even then only when you have proven to him that I am dead." "That is all very well," demurred Ebearhard, "but don't you see what a dangerous power you put into the hands of the rebels? Goebel is merely a merchant, and, though rich, politically powerless.
At once they obeyed the word of command, which caused Ebearhard to smile. "You will climb to the top of this hill," said Greusel, "and there rest under command of my lieutenant, Ebearhard. As we now emerge into civilization, I warn you that if we are to obtain breakfast it must be by persuasion, and not by force.
Roland looked at one after another with a smile. "I see," he said, "that you disapprove of my conduct." Greusel remained silent, but Ebearhard laughed and spoke. "You came deliberately to the conclusion that it was unwise to attack Furstenberg.
While you were all sleeping on the grass, after our meal at Breckenheim, Roland asked us for the money." "You surely were not such idiots as to give it to him?" "He was our commander, and we both considered it right to do what he asked of us." "He said," put in Ebearhard, "that your suggestion about a finance committee was a good one, and that he had determined to be that committee.
Therefore, while you wait on the hilltop, I shall go alone into the houses on the right, and see what can be done towards providing a meal for eighteen men. Ebearhard and I will fast until we reach Assmannshausen. On the other hand, you should be prepared for disappointment; loaves of bread are not to be picked up on the point of a sword.
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