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Pale, haggard, thine hands and garments dripping blood, thine eyes blazing with insane fire, a terrible smile of mockery on thy lip, thou stoodst before me. I would have thrown myself on thy breast; thou didst cast me from thee; I fell on my knees, and thy blade was pointed at my heart the heart so full of thee!
"Yes, how I may not tell thee, thou and thou alone stoodst between me and the full discharge of this most dreadful debt for know that in mercy it is given to us to redeem one another."
Whereat when the king would haue fallen downe at his féet, he lifted him vp, and as it were in familiar wise thus said vnto him: "Behold, by the assistance of Gods fauour thou hast escaped the hands of thine enimies, whome thou stoodst in feare of: behold through his bountious liberalitie, thou hast obteined the kingdome which thou diddest desire, remember then that thou delaie no time to performe the third thing that thou diddest promise, in receiuing his faith, and kéeping his commandements, which deliuering thée from worldlie aduersities, hath thus aduanced thée to the honor of a king: and if from henceforth thou wilt obey his will, which by my mouth hée setteth and preacheth to thée and others, he will deliuer thée from euerlasting torments, and make thée partaker with him in his celestiall kingdome."
But others can shake besides the winds, as I will show thee if thou hast any doubts in the matter." And as he spoke he sprang to catch the other boy, who ran from him; and they chased each other down the hill, and the hermit heard no more. But as he turned to go home he said, "The thief was not far away when thou stoodst near. Nevertheless, I will have patience.
'Rememberest thou thy earliest visit to this dear kiosk, my gentle mute? There thou stoodst with folded arms and looks demure as day, and ever and anon with those dark eyes stealing a glance which made my cheek quite pale. Methinks I see thee even yet, shy bird. Dost know, I was so foolish when it quitted me, dost know I cried? 'Ah, no! thou didst not cry? 'Indeed, I think I did.
So Ali said to him, 'Why dost thou not rise and go thy way? 'O my lord, answered the Christian, 'be not of those that do a kindness and after make a reproach of it, nor one of whom saith the poet: Gone, gone are they who, if thou stoodst before their door of old, Had, at thy seeking, handselled thee with benefits untold!
Then there came on him that reckless mood, which, I trow, banished him long ago from the Forest, and brought him to the motley. He fought with them with all his force, and broke away once as if that were of any use for a man in motley! but he was bound at last and borne off by six of them to Windsor!" "And thou stoodst by, and beheld it!" cried Stephen.
Thou alone, on foot, intrepid and magnanimous, with nothing but a sword, and that none of the sharpest, with thy single shield, and that none of the brightest, stoodst ready to receive and encounter the two fiercest lions that ever roared within the Libyan deserts.
It warn't thy fault; thou couldn't not tell why oi would not let ee pass, and ye were roight enough to foight rather than to toorn back. I doan't blame ee nohow, and thou stoodst up well agin me. Oi doan't bear no malice vor a fair foight, not loikely. Thy feyther has been roight good to oi, and the things he sends oi up has done oi a power o' good.
The Masai shook his great spear and laughed loud and long as he answered, 'I would that thou stoodst against me man to man, and we would see, and again he turned to go still laughing. 'Thou shalt stand against me man to man, be not afraid, replied Umslopogaas, still in the same ominous voice.
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