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I think we've met before, Tell? Eh, Tell?" "We have, your Excellency. It was in the ravine of Schachenthal," said Tell firmly. "Your memory is good, Tell. So is mine. I think you made a few remarks to me on that occasion, Tell a few chatty remarks? Eh, Tell?" "Very possibly, your Excellency." "You were hardly polite, Tell." "If I offended you I am sorry." "I am glad to hear it, Tell.
In the mean while it happened that the Bailiff Hermann Gessler was shot dead by Wilhelm Tell, who was of Bürglen, at the entrance of the Schächenthal, a half-hour from Altorf, in Uri, son-in-law of Walther Fürst, and a man of some substance, for he had the steward-ship in fee in Bürglen of the Frauenmüster Abbey in Zürich, one of the conspirators.
Once when he was hunting in the wild ravine of Schachenthal, where men were hardly ever to be seen, he met the Governor face to face. There was no way of getting past. On one side the rocky wall rose sheer up, while below the river roared.
Afterward, in the Schachenthal and the Muttenthal, Suwaroff was placed in the same position as Lecourbe had been, and extricated himself with equal ability.
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