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Updated: June 22, 2025
"Would it surprise you to know, Father Ambrose, that during Saint Cyrille's Day, and for many days previous to that date, Prince Roland was a close prisoner in his Lordship of Mayence's strong Castle of Ehrenfels, and that it was quite impossible for you to have met him in Frankfort, or anywhere else?"
Civil war means ruin, to innocent and guilty alike." "You are in the right. Now, will you tell me how you escaped from Ehrenfels?" "Yes; if you agree to my terms without further haggling." "I shall agree to your terms if I believe your story." "It seems impossible, sir, to pin you down to any definite bargain. Is this the way you conduct your business?"
Still, do not fear I shall flinch." After partaking of the midday meal at Assmannshausen, the Countess proposed that they should leave their horses in the stable, and walk the short third of a league to Ehrenfels, and to this her guardian agreed. He found more difficulty with the custodian than had been expected. The man objected, trembling.
Such volunteers were mercenaries, in every sense of the word. I have been told that they slaughtered sheep and cattle in pure wantonness, and the rats of Ehrenfels did not make a cleaner sweep of provisions. The Germans, as a rule, lacked the dash of the Irish troops and the tact of the Americans.
He flashed from its scabbard, into the rays of the setting sun, the sword he had made, and elevating the hilt to his forehead, saluted the Archbishop. "I shall see you at Ehrenfels, my Lord." "Ah, do not go thus. Come to the Castle for an hour's rest at least." The young man whirled his sword around, and caught it by the blade, touching the hilt with his lips as if it were a cross.
May I further beg of you to enlighten us concerning a somewhat bibulous youth who at the present moment is enjoying, in every sense of the word, the hospitality of Ehrenfels Castle?" It was now the Archbishop's turn to astonish the Prince. "You knew of my device, then?" "'Knew' is a little too strong. 'Suspect' more nearly fits the case.
"I dare say," said the merchant, "that I can give the reason for this apparently reckless visit of yours to Ehrenfels. You were in want of money, the five hundred thalers being spent." "Sir, you are exactly in the right, and I got it, too, without nearly so much talk as I have been compelled to waste on the present occasion."
There is no castle between Lorch and Frankfort except Ehrenfels, and that, being the property of the Archbishop, may be passed safely." "Very well. The man shall await you at Lorch. Inquire for Herr Kruger at Mergler's Inn." That night, in the Kaiser cellar, another excellent supper was spread before the members of the metal-workers' league.
One morning, at Bingen, I assure you it was not six o'clock, we took a big little rowboat, and dropped down the stream, past the Mouse Tower, where the cruel Bishop Hatto was eaten up by rats, under the shattered Castle of Ehrenfels, round the bend to the little village of Assmannshausen, on the hills back of which is grown the famous red wine of that name.
Our adoption was made very recently in my castle of Ehrenfels, and we are come together again in the Castle of my brother Treves, not in our sacred office as Archbishops, but in our secular capacity as Electors of the Empire, to determine a matter which we consider of almost equal importance.
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