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"Aha young plays the lute there were some young ones married also. Is she dark like an agate?" Zbyszko breathed more freely. "No, that was not she! Danusia is as white as snow, but has pink cheeks." To this Sanderus replied: "One of them, dark as an agate, remained with the princess; the others were almost all married." "You say 'almost all, therefore not all.
"Sanderus said," replied Zbyszko, "that there are no forts in this neighborhood, and it is actually so; because the Knights of the Cross have only recently taken possession of this region and have not had enough time to build in it. Then where can they hide themselves?
I do not know whether even one remained, because I heard the princess say that she would be obliged to look for other attendants." Having heard this, Zbyszko was silent for awhile; then he asked in an altered voice: "Was Panna Danuta Jurandowna, whose name is on the board, married also?" Sanderus hesitated before he answered.
Besides this, the two swords were lying at Sanderus' feet ready to be cleaned afterward. "Look," said Macko, forcibly grasping Zbyszko's arm to detain him if possible for another moment, "he has taken the coats of mail and swords purposely. Well, that one with the grey head must be...." "Forward!" suddenly shouted Zbyszko.
Whilst conversing, they covered a considerable stretch of the road until nightfall. It was a starry night, but there was no moon. They were obliged to halt the horses, breathe, and refresh the men with food and sleep. Zbyszko informed Sanderus before resting that he was to proceed in front in the morning.
Hlawa did not say this seriously; he even smiled as he spoke, for his heart was well inclined toward Sanderus. The latter, however, was terror-stricken, and shouted. "Mercy! Mercy! Give me some more of that pagan drink and I will tell you all that I have and that I have not seen." "If you tell lies, even one word that is not true, I will drive a wedge between your teeth," said the Bohemian.
Zbyszko, Macko and the Bohemian came near Sanderus, who crossed himself and then continued: "It was not well to be among them. More than once I heard and saw things that made my flesh creep. I have told your lordship already that something was wrong with the old comthur's head. Bah! How could it be otherwise, when spirits from the other world visit him.
"Sir," he said, "that is the same woman!" "What woman?" "From the Teutons, who brought the balsam. I recognized her at once, and so did Sanderus. She came, at it seems, to spy, and she certainly knows now where the lady is." "And we shall know," said Zbyszko. "Do you also know that pontnik?" "No," replied Sanderus; "but do not buy, sir, any remissions from him, because he is a false pontnik,"
Sanderus looked at him for a while; then he said: "Do you think that I am afraid of the Mazowiecki court?" "I do not say you are afraid of the Mazowiecki court; but neither now, nor after three days will you go away with the horse. If it prove that you were lying, then you will not be able to go on your feet either, because my lord will order me to break them."
Sanderus willingly assented; but reserved to himself, in case of an attack by wolves or people, the right to run back to Zbyszko. He also asked him for permission to make four stations instead of three, because in solitude fear always took hold of him, even in pious countries. How much more so in such an abominable wilderness as the one where they found themselves now?
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