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"It is a hard thing, but not with the Knights of the Cross. And the children of Prince Witold?" "It is quite true, they have wolfish hearts. Nevertheless, it is true that they did not kill her at Szczytno, and Zygfried himself left for this part of the country; it is therefore possible that he had hid her in some castle." "Hey! If it turns out so, then I shall take this island and the castle."
Upon that Danveld turned to those assembled and said quietly but pointedly: "I take you all present as witnesses and especially you, Zygfried of Insburk, and you pious brothers, Rotgier and Godfried, that, according to my word and given promise, I restore that girl, who was said by the robbers whom we defeated, to be the daughter of Jurand of Spychow.
Zygfried von Loeve said: "It is forbidden the monks to fight in single combat, except by special permission from the grand master and the grand marshal; but I do not ask for permission for a combat, but for the release of von Bergow and the punishment by death of Jurand." "You do not make the laws in this country." "Our grand master will know how to administer justice."
"And now!" said the prince, "as we heard from Rotgier, of those four only old Zygfried is alive, and the others God has punished already either by your hand or Jurand's. As for Zygfried, he is less of a rascal than the others, but perhaps the more ruthless tyrant. It is bad that Jurand and Danusia are in his power, and they must be saved quickly.
"Nobody; I frightened away a wolf that was smelling around him." The mention of a wolf quieted Hlawa, for it told him that there were neither people nor farms in the neighborhood. Then Jagienka said: "Look there, what is that?" Hlawa rushed ahead, and soon returned hurriedly. "Zygfried is hanging there!" he exclaimed while reining in his horse in front of Jagienka.
But, on the other hand, as his heart was filled with rancor against the Knights of the Cross, and thirsting to see Zygfried receive his deserved terrible chastisement, he purposely mentioned the fact that when they found her she was terrified, emaciated and sick, and it was evident that they must have treated her as executioners do, and had she remained longer in their terrible hands she would have withered and perished as a little flower withers and perishes when trodden under foot.
This news disturbed the good understanding between the prince and his guests, because not only the two newly arrived brothers but also Hugo von Danveld and Zygfried von Loeve, began to beseech the prince to render justice to the Order, to free the boundaries from the plunderer and to punish him once for all his offences.
Then they advanced, and, as they moved on, Zbyszko said to his uncle: "You take the old man, Zygfried; and I, Arnold." "Only take care!" replied Macko. Then he beckoned to the Bohemian, reminding him to be ready at a moment's notice to be on hand to assist his master. The Bohemian nodded assent. Then he breathed deeply and felt for his sword to see whether it could be easily unsheathed.
"What is his name?" "Zygfried von Loeve." "God grant that we may manage him too." "God grant it!" Macko smiled for a moment and then said: "The princess also told me in Plock: 'Ye grieve and complain like lambs against wolves, but in this instance three of the wolves are dead, because the innocent lambs strangled them. She spoke the truth; it is actually so." "What about Danuska and her father?"
"In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost! You do not mean Zygfried, the Knight of the Cross?" "Yes, it is he. He hung himself with the bridle." "Did you say by himself?" "It seems so, because the saddle lies alongside him, and if there were robbers they would have killed him outright and made off with the saddle, because it is valuable." "Shall we proceed?" "Let us not go that way!
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