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No promise; no thirty thalers. And now, good-by. I shall be exceedingly busy for some days arranging for a further supply of money, so do not seek me out no matter what happens." With this Roland shook hands, and returned to Ehrenfels Castle. The three sumptuous barges of the Archbishops hove in sight at midday, two coming up the river and one floating down.
She seemed perplexed by the admission, but quickly replied to his Lordship: "'Twas you said that could not be, as he was a close prisoner in Ehrenfels." She continued, addressing the Prince: "Father Ambrose asserted that you were a companion of drinkers and brawlers in a low wine cellar of Frankfort." "Quite true; a score of them." The girl became more and more perplexed.
Ehrenfels holds that women would offer no objection, as a woman, he believes, attaches less importance to a man as a wooer than as the father of her child. Ehrenfels's doctrine has been seriously attacked from many sides, and his proposals are not in the line of our progress.
But all this would not do. The Mice pursued him to his Island, and the tale ends in his being devoured by them there. On both sides the river hills covered with vines and woods rose abruptly, and on the right, tottering on a pinnacle that frowns over the flood, stood the Castle of Ehrenfels....
The main army had encamped at Cassel, opposite Mentz; and Bernhard, Duke of Weimar, made himself master of the Maeusethurm and the Castle of Ehrenfels, on the other side of the Rhine.
And thou, he said, thou gavest me thine oath that thou wouldst bring me in safety to Ehrenfels. And did I not do so, fool? replied Hatto contemptuously. Was it my fault if thou didst not exact a pledge ere we set out for the second time? Adalbert saw now the trap into which he had fallen, and his fettered limbs trembled with anger against the crafty priest. But he was impotent.
"This thousand thalers," said he to Kruger, "is to be shared by your son and yourself, in addition to whatever you may receive from Herr Goebel. The other you will hand to the custodian of Ehrenfels Castle, saying it came from his friend Roland, and is recompense for the money he lent the other day. That will be an effective letter of introduction to him.
The town being thronged with soldiers and inquisitive people of Cologne's court, I returned up the Rhine again, remembering I had gone rather far afield, and although you may not believe it, I called upon my old friend the custodian of Ehrenfels, and enjoyed an excellent meal with him, consuming some of the seductive wine that is grown on the same side of the river about a league above Ehrenfels."
The Prince smiled at his pessimistic colleague, for that colleague was talking to the man who knew; nevertheless, he listened patiently, for of course he could not yet reveal himself to his somber lieutenant, who continued his narrative: "The two men spoke of the unfortunate Prince, who is, I understand, still a prisoner in Ehrenfels." Here Roland laughed outright.
Much more interesting is the name Mouse Tower, which gives point to the tragic tale of Bishop Hattos fate. The story cannot be better told than in the words of Southey, who has immortalized it in the following ballad: A Legend of Ehrenfels Many other tales are told to illustrate Hattos cruelty and treachery.
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