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I here interrupted the jockey by observing that his discourse was, for the greater part, unintelligible to me. "I do not understand much English," said the Hungarian, who, having replenished and resumed his mighty pipe, was now smoking away; "but, by Isten, I believe it is the gibberish which that great ignorant Valther Scott puts into the mouths of the folks he calls gypsies."
"The deuce you can," said the jockey, taking his pipe out of his mouth, and staring at me through the smoke. "Ha! you speak German," vociferated the foreigner in that language. "By Isten, I am glad of it! I wanted to say " And here he said in German what he wished to say, and which was of no great importance, and which I translated into English.
As for myself, I am very much obliged to the young man of Horncastle for his interruption, though he has told me that one of his dirty townsmen called me 'Long-stocking. By Isten! there is more learning in what he has just said than in all the verdammt English histories of Thor and Tzernebock I ever read." "I care nothing for his learning," said the jockey.
"Amongst a strange set of people," said I, "whom, if I were to name, you would, I dare say, only laugh at me." "Who be they?" said the jockey. "Come, don't be ashamed; I have occasionally kept queerish company myself." "The people whom we call gypsies," said I; "whom the Germans call Zigeuner, and who call themselves Romany chals." "Zigeuner!" said the Hungarian; "by Isten!
Hungarian. By Isten, you are an acute guesser; a robbery there was, but it was not Hunyadi who robbed the raven, but the raven who robbed Hunyadi. Myself. How was that? Hungarian. In this manner: Hunyadi, according to tradition, was the son of King Sigmond, by a peasant's daughter. The king saw and fell in love with her, whilst marching against the vaivode of Wallachia.
France, Russia, Prussia, and other countries, have introduced the Hussars into their armies; but these soldiers are merely Russian, French, and Prussian cavalry, dressed in the Hungarian laced jacket: they want the spirit, the horse, and the 'Magyar Isten. For this reason, the Hungarian Hussar will not acknowledge them as brethren; and whenever he comes in contact with foreign Hussars, he lets them feel in battle the full force of his contempt.
Here and there seemed mighty rifts in the mountains, through which, as the sun began to sink, we saw now and again the white gleam of falling water. One of my companions touched my arm as we swept round the base of a hill and opened up the lofty, snow-covered peak of a mountain, which seemed, as we wound on our serpentine way, to be right before us. "Look! Isten szek!"
Blanka gave him her hand, while a nameless dread showed itself in her face. "Never fear!" cried the young man. As he gave Blanka a radiant look he saw tears glistening in her eyes. "I shall not die. Egy az Isten!" "Egy az Isten!" repeated the elder brother. Then the young hussar put spurs to his horse and galloped to the head of his little company.
Czipra acted as she had seen Melanie do: she kneeled down before the table: clasping her hands devotedly and resting against the edge of the table. Topándy turned his head curiously: she was taking the matter seriously. Then he stood before her, put his two hands behind him, and began to recite to her the soldier's prayer. "Adjon Isten három 'B'-ét, Három 'F'-ét, három 'P'-ét.
The only reply was, "Egy az Isten!" The men were willing to discharge their pieces if necessary, but it would only be a waste of ammunition: they would fire into the air. Troops were now rapidly moving on the threatened position from two directions, one party to assault, the other to defend.
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