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You had better take what we offer, far better than aught your barbarous northern lords could give, and then your sister will be free, without ransom, to depart or to stay here till she finds another bold baron of the Marches to take her to wife. Ha, thou Rudiger! why dost stand staring like a wild pig in a pit? Canst not speak a word for thyself?
"Count Rudiger von Starhemberg," resumed the emperor, "your petition is granted. To you I commit the defence of my capital." "Thanks, your majesty," exclaimed Von Starhemberg fervently. "I will defend it with the last drop of my blood; and if Vienna fall into the hands of the infidel, he shall find nothing left of her stateliness, save a heap of ruins and the lifeless bodies of her defenders."
'I do not think! but I know that though I am a fool for giving in to my son's madness, these are the only terms I propose; and if you, Lady, so deal with her as to make her accept them, you are free without ransom to go where you will. 'You expect me to sell my sister, said Eleanor disdainfully. 'Look you here, broke in Rudiger, bursting out of his shyness.
Never should I have worked you such sorrow. Think on yourselves and on your wrongs. Do ye not grieve for the death of your good kinsmen? Ah, how I mourn the fall of Rüdiger! Whatsoever joy I have known in life that have ye slain. It is not for me to sorrow if my kin be slain. How so, Dietrich? asked Hagen. Did not your men come to this hall armed from head to heel with intent to slay us?
I will write to him. 'Letters from you will be flung back unopened. 'It may, of course, be possible to destroy even my patience, madame. 'Mine, sir, is at an end. 'You reduce us to rely on ourselves; it is the sole alternative. 'You have not waited for that, rejoined Frau von Rudiger.
This speech was not unheard of Dietrich and Hildebrand, for Hagen came to where he found the hero leaning against the wall of the house. Dietrich set his shield on the ground and in woeful tones said: O king, wherefore have ye treated me so? All my men are gone, I am bereft of all good, Knight Rüdiger the brave and true is slain. Why have ye done these things?
Rüdiger was margrave to King Etzel, and had to obtain his lords permission to venture forth on the romantic undertaking; Dietleibs father strongly recommended that the quest be abandoned, though the youth himself was as eager as any to accompany Dietrich; while as for Ilsan, he found it especially difficult to obtain leave of absence, for, naturally, his abbot deemed the enterprise a strange one for a monk who had fled all earthly delights.
He has written a savage letter to her father, sending the girl to the deuce with the name she deserves, and challengeing the General. 'That letter is despatched? 'Rudiger has it by this time. The baroness fixed her eyes on Tresten: she struck her lap. 'Alvan! Is it he? But the General is old, gouty, out of the lists. There can be no fighting.
The Duke of Lorraine, whose small army had not ventured to face the foe, left twelve thousand men in the city, and drew back with the remainder to wait for reinforcements. Count Rüdiger of Stahrenberg was left in command, and made all haste to put the imperilled city in a condition of defence. On came the Turks, the smoke of burning villages the signal of their approach.
He did but clasp her hand, assuring the Frau von Rudiger that no word of hers could irritate him. 'Nothing can make me forget that you are Clotilde's mother. You are the mother of the lady I love, and may say what you will to me, madame. I bear it. 'A man spotted with every iniquity the world abhors, and I am to see him holding my daughter by the hand! it is too abominable!
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