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Bccuf, If I could but drag myself to yonder window that 1 might see
how tliis brave game is like to go! if 1 had but a bow to shoot
a *11 ait, or a battle -axe to .strike— were it but a single blow—-for our
deliverance I It is vain [ it is vain ! I am aiike nerveless and weapon­
less! "
“ I1'ret not thyself, noble knight. The sounds have ceased of a
sudden; it may be they join not to battle.’*
■‘ Thoa k nowest naught of it Tlus dead pause on 13-' show:; that the
men are at their posts on the walls, expecting an instant attack.
What w e have heard was but the distant muttering of the storm--it
will burst anon in all its fury. Could I but reach yon window ' M
11 Thou wi’t nut injure thyself by the attempt, noble knight. I myself
will stand at the lattice and describe to you, as I can, what passes,
without.”
“ You must not— you shall no"! Each lattice, each aperture will be
J...on a mark tor tile archers; some random shaft------ fl
“ It shall be welcome.v!
“ Rebecca, dear Rebecca, this is no maiden's pastime, Do not
expose thyself to wounds and death, aim render me forever miserable
for having given ti c occasion. At. least, cover thyself with yonder
ancient buckler, and show as little of thy person at the lattice as
may be.”
Following his directions, Rebecca, with tolerable security lo herself,
couid witness part of what was passim; without the castle, and report
to Ivan hoc the preparations which the assailants were making for the
storm.
" lhe skirts of the wood seemed lined with archers, although omy
a few are advanced from its dark shadow,"
“ Seest thoa who they be that act as leaders?'’
“ A knight clad in sable armor is the must conspicuous ; he alone is
armed from head to heel, and seems to assume the direction of all
around him,"
“ Seem there no other leaders ? !l
“ None of mark and distinction that I can behold from tins station;