It was the morning of the day succeeding that which had beheld1 the terrible defeat, among the savage2 glens and mountain fastnesses of Axarquia, of that magnificent array of cavaliers which, not a week before, had pranced3 forth4 from the walls of Antiquera, superbly mounted on Andalusian steeds, fiery5, and fleet, and fearless, with helm and shield and corslet engrailed with arabesques7 of gold, surcoats of velvet8 and rich broidery, plumes9 of the desert bird, and all in short that can add pomp and circumstance to the dread10 game of war. The strife11 was over in the mountain valleys; the lonely hollows on the bare hill-side, the stony13 channels of the torrent14, the tangled15 thicket16, and the bleak17 barren summit, were cumbered with the carcasses of Spain’s most noble cavaliers. War-steeds beside their riders, knights19 of the proudest lineage among their lowliest vassals20, lay cold and grim and ghastly, each where the shaft21, the stone, the assagay, had stretched beneath him, beneath the garish22 lustre23 of the broad southern sun. The Moorish25 foe26 had vanished from the field, which he had won almost without a struggle—the plunderer27 of the dead plied28 his hateful trade even to satiety29, and, gorged30 with booty that might well satiate the wildest avarice31, had left the field of slaughter32 408to the possession of his brute33 comrades, the wolf, the raven34, and the eagle.
It was now morning, and the broad sun, high already, was pouring down a flood of light over the giant crags, the deep precipitous defiles35, and all the stern though glorious features which mark the mountain scenery of Malaga; and far beyond over the broad, luxuriant Vega, watered by its ten thousand streams of crystal, waving with olive-groves, and vineyards, and dark woodlands; and farther yet over the laughing waters of the bright Mediterranean36. But one, who having found concealment37 during that night of wo and slaughter in some dark cave, or gully so sequestered39 that it had escaped the keen eyes of the Moorish mountaineers, now plied his bloody40 spurs almost in vain, so weary and so faint was the beautiful bay steed which bore him. He paused not to look upon the wonders of his road, tarried not to observe the play of light and shadow over that glorious plain, although by nature he was fitted to admire and to love all that she had framed of wild, of beautiful, or of romantic. Nay41 more, he scarcely turned his eye to gaze upon the miserable42 relics43 of some beloved comrade, who had so often revelled44 gayly, and in that last awful carnage had striven fearlessly and well, even when all was lost, beside him. He was a tall dark-featured youth, with a profusion45 of black hair clustered in short close curls about a high pale forehead; an eye that glanced like fire at every touch of passion, yet melted at the slightest claim upon his pity; an aquiline46, thin nose, and mouth well cut, but compressed and closely set, completed the detail of his eminently47 handsome features. But the dark curls—for he had been on the preceding day unhelmed and slightly wounded—were clotted48 with stiff gore49, matted with dust, and bleached50 by the hot sun under which he had for hours fought bareheaded. The keen, quick eye was dull and glazed51, the haughty52 lineaments clouded with shame, anxiety,409 and grief, and the chiselled53 lips pale and cold as ashes. His armor, which had been splendid in the extreme, richly embossed and sculptured, was all defaced with dust and gore, broken and dinted, and in many places riven quite asunder55. The surcoat which he had donned a few short days before, of azure56 damask, charged with the bearings of his proud ancestral race, fluttered in rags upon the morning breeze—his shield was gone, as were the mace57 and battle-axe which had swung from his saddle-bow—his sword, a long, cross-handled blade, and his lance, its azure pennoncelle no less than its steel head, crusted and black with blood, alone remained to him. The scabbard of his poignard was empty, and the silver hilt of his sword, ill-matched with the gilded58 sheath, showed plainly that it was not the weapon to which his hand was used. Yet still, though disarrayed59, weary, and travel-spent, and worn with wo and watching, no eye could have looked on him without recognising in every trait, in every gesture, the undaunted knight18 and the accomplished60 noble.
Hours had passed away, since, with the first gray twilight61 of the dawn he had come forth from the precarious62 hiding-place wherein he had spent a terrible and painful night; and so far he had seen no human form, living at least, and heard no human voice! Unimpaired, save by the faintness of his reeling charger, he had ridden six long leagues over the perilous63 and rugged64 path by which, late on the previous night, the bravest of the brave, Alonzo de Aguilar, had by hard dint54 of hoof65 and spur escaped from the wild infantry66 of El Zagal to the far walls of Antiquera; and now from a bold and projecting summit he looked down upon the ramparts of that city, across a rich and level plain, into which sloped abruptly67 the steep ridge69 on which he stood, at less than a league’s distance. Here, for the first time, since he had set forth on his toilsome route, the knight drew up his staggering horse—for the first time a gleam of410 hope irradiating his wan70 brow—and, as a pious71 cavalier is ever bound to do, stretched forth his gauntleted hands to Heaven, and in a low, deep murmur72 breathed forth his heartfelt thanksgivings to Him, who had preserved him from the clutches of the pitiless heathen. This duty finished, with a lighter73 heart he wheeled his charger round an abrupt68 angle of the limestone74-rock, and, plunging75 into the shade of the dense76 cork-woods which clothed the whole descent, followed the steep and zigzag77 path, by which he hoped ere long to reach his friends in safety. His horse, too, which had staggered wearily and stumbled often, as he ascended78 the rude hills, seemed to have gained new courage; for as he turned the corner of the rock, he pricked79 his ears and snorted, and the next moment uttered a long, tremulous, shrill80 neigh, quickening his pace—which for the last two hours he had hardly done at the solicitation81 of the spur—into a brisk and lively canter. Before, however, his rider had found time to debate upon the cause of this fresh vigor82, the neigh was answered from below by the sharp whinny of a war-horse, which was succeeded instantly by the clatter83 of several hoofs84, and the long barbaric blast of a Moorish horn. The first impulse of the cavalier was to quit the beaten path, and dashing into the thickets85 to conceal38 himself until his foemen should have passed by. Prudent86, however, as was his determination, and promptly87 as he turned to execute it, he was anticipated by the appearance of at least half a score of Moorish horsemen—who, sitting erect88 in their deep Turkish saddles, goring89 the sides of their slight Arabian coursers with the edges of their broad sharp stirrups, and brandishing90 their long assagays above their heads, dashed forward with their loud ringing Lelilies, to charge the solitary91 Spaniard. Faint as he was, and in ill-plight for battle, there needed but the sight of the heathen foe to send each drop of his Castilian blood eddying92 in hot currents through every vein93 of411 the brave Spaniard. “St. Jago!” he cried, in clear and musical tones, “St. Jago and God aid!” and with the word he laid his long lance in the rest, and spurred his charger to the shock. It was not, however, either the usual mode of warfare94 with the Moors95, or their intent at present to meet the shock of the impetuous and heavily armed cavalier. One of their number, it is true, dashed out as if to meet him—a spare gray-headed man, whose years, although they had worn away the soundness, and destroyed the muscular symmetry of his frame, had spared the lithe96 and wiry sinews; had dried up all that was superfluous97 of his flesh, and withered98 all that was comely99 of his aspect; but had left him erect, and strong and hardy100 as in his youngest days of warfare. His dress, caftan and turban both, were of that dark-green hue101, which bespoke102 an emir, or lineal descendant of the prophet—the only order of nobility acknowledged by the Moslemin—while the rich materials of which they were composed, the jewels which bedecked the hilt and scabbard of both cimeter and yatagan, the necklaces of gold which encircled the broad glossy105 chest of his high-blooded black Arabian, proved as unerringly his wealth and consequence. Forth he dashed then, with the national war-cry, “La illah allah la!” brandishing in his right hand the long, light javelin106, grasped by the middle, which his countrymen were wont107 to hurl108 against their adversaries109, with such unerring accuracy both of hand and eye; and swinging on his left arm a light round buckler, of the tough hide of the African buffalo110, studded with knobs of silver; while with his long reins111 flying as it would seem quite loose, by aid of his sharp Moorish curb112, he wheeled his fiery horse from side to side so rapidly as quite to balk113 the aim of the Spaniard’s level lance. As the old mussulman advanced, fearlessly as it seemed, against the Christian114 knight, his comrades galloped115 on abreast117 with him, but by no means with the same steadiness of purpose, the track was indeed 412so narrow that three could hardly ride abreast in it; yet narrow as it was, the nearest followers118 of the emir did not attempt to keep it; on the contrary, giving their wild coursers the sharp edge of their stirrups, they leaped and bolted from one side to the other of the path now plunging into the open wood on either hand, and dashing furiously over rock and stone, now pressing straightforward119 for perhaps a hundred yards as if to bear down bodily on their antagonist120. All this, it must be understood, passed in less time than it has taken to describe it; for though the enemies, when first their eyes caught sight of one another, were some five hundred yards apart, the speed of their fleet horses brought them rapidly to close quarters. And now they were upon the very point of meeting—the Spaniard bowing his unhelmed head behind his charger’s neck, to shield as best he might that vital part from the thrust of the flashing assagay with his lance projecting ten feet at the least, before the chamfront which protected the brow of his barbed war-horse, and the sheath of his twohanded broadsword clanging and rattling121 at every bound of the horse against the steel-plates which protected the legs of the man-at-arms!—the Moor24 sitting erect, nay, almost standing122 up in his short stirrups, with his keen, black eye glancing from beneath the shadow of his turban, and his spear poised123 and quivering on high. Now they were scarce a horse’s length asunder, when, with a shrill, peculiar124 yell, the old Moor wheeled his horse out of the road, and dashed into the wood, his balked125 antagonist being borne aimlessly right onward126 into the little knot of men who followed on the emir’s track. Not far, however, was he borne onward; for, with a second yell, even shriller than before, the moslem104 curbed127 his Arab, till he stood bolt upright, and turning sharp round, with such velocity128 that he seemed actually to whirl about as if upon a pivot129, darted130 back on him, and with the speed of light hurled131 the long assagay. Just at that point of time the lance413 point of the Spaniard was within a hand’s breadth of the buckler—frail guard to the breast—of the second of those eastern warriors133, but it was never doomed134 to pierce it. The light reed hurtled through the air, and its keen head of steel, hurled with most accurate aim, found a joint135 in the barbings of the war-horse. Exactly in that open and unguarded spot, which intervenes between the hip-bone and the ribs136, it entered—it drove through the bright and glistening137 hide, through muscle, brawn138, and sinew—clear through the vitals of the tortured brute, and even—with such tremendous vigor was it sent from that old arm—through the ribs on the farther side. With an appalling139 shriek140, the agonized141 animal sprung up, with all his feet into the air, six feet at least in height, then plunged142 head foremost! Yet, strange to say, such was the masterly and splendid horsemanship, such was the cool steadiness of the European warrior132, that, as his charger fell, rolling over and over, writhing144 and kicking in the fierce death-struggle, he alighted firmly and fairly on his feet. Without a second’s interval145, for he had cast his heavy lance far from him, while his steed was yet in air, he whirled his long sword from its scabbard, and struck with the full sweep of his practised arm at the nearest of the Saracens, who were now wheeling round him, circling and yelling like a flock of sea-fowl. Full on the neck of a delicate and fine-limbed Arab, just at the juncture146 of the spine147 and skull148, did the sheer blow take place; and cleaving149 the vertebr? asunder, and half the thickness of the muscular flesh below them, hurled the horse lifeless, and the rider stunned150 and senseless to the earth at his feet. A second sweep of the same ponderous151 blade brought down a second warrior, with his right arm half-severed from his body; a third time it was raised; but ere it fell, another javelin, launched by the same aged152 hand, whizzed through the air, and took effect a little way below the elbow-joint, just where the brassard and the gauntlet met, the trenchant-point414 pierced through between the bones, narrowly missing the great artery153, and the uplifted sword sunk harmless! A dull expression of despair settled at once over the bright expressive154 features, which had so lately been enkindled by the fierce ardor156 and excitement of the conflict. His left hand dropped, as it were instinctively157, to the place where it should have found the hilt of his dagger158; but the sheath was empty, and the proud warrior stood, with his right arm dropping to his side, transfixed by the long lance, and streaming with dark blood, glaring, in impotent defiance160, upon his now triumphant161 enemies. The nature of the Moorish tribes had been, it should be here observed, very materially altered, since they had crossed the straits; they were no longer the cruel, pitiless invaders162 offering no option to the vanquished163, but of the Koran or the cimeter; but, softened164 by intercourse165 with the Christians166, and having imbibed167, during the lapse168 of ages spent in continual warfare against the most gallant169 and accomplished cavaliers of Europe, much of the true spirit of chivalry170, they had adopted many of the best points of that singular institution. Among the principal results of this alteration171 in the national character was this—that they now no longer ruthlessly slaughtered172 unresisting foes173, but, affecting to be guided by the principles of knightly174 courtesy, held all to mercy who were willing to confess themselves overcome. When, therefore, it was evident that any farther resistance was out of the question, the old emir leaping down from his charger’s back, with all the agility175 of a boy, unsheathed his Damascus cimeter, a narrow, crooked177 blade, with a hilt elaborately carved and jewelled, and strode slowly up to face the wounded Christian.
“Yield thee,” he said, in calm and almost courteous178 tones—using the lingua Franca, or mixed tongue, half Arabic, half Spanish, which formed the ordinary medium of communication between the two discordant179 races which at that time occupied415 the great peninsula of Europe—“yield thee, sir knight! thou art sore wounded, and enough hast thou done already, and enough suffered, to entitle thee to all praise of valor180, to all privilege of courtesy.”
“To whom must I yield me, emir?” queried181 the Christian, in reply; “to whom must I yield? since yield I needs must; for, as you truly say, I can indeed resist no longer. I pray thee, of thy courtesy, inform me?”
“To me—Muley Abdallah el Zagal!”
“Nor unto nobler chief or braver warrior could any cavalier surrender. Therefore, I yield myself true captive, rescue or no rescue!” and as he spoke103 he handed the long silver-hilted sword, which he had so well wielded182, to his captor. But the old Moor put aside the proffered183 weapon. “Wear it,” he said, “wear it, sir, your pledged word suffices that you will not unsheath it. Shame were it to deprive so good a cavalier of the sword he hath used so gallantly184! But lo! your wound bleeds grievously. I pray you sit, and let your hurt be tended—Ho! Hamet, Hassan, lend a hand here to unarm this good gentleman. I pray you, sir, inform me of your style and title.”
“I am styled Roderigo de Narvaez,” returned the cavalier, “equerry and banner-bearer to the most noble Don Diego de Cordova, the famous count of Cabra!”
“Then be assured, Don Roderigo, of being, at my hands, entreated185 with all due courtesy and honor—till that the good count shall arrange for thy ransom186 or exchange.”
A little while sufficed to draw off the gauntlet, to cut the shaft of the lance, where the steel protruded187 entirely188 through the wounded arm, and to draw it out by main force from between the bones, which it had actually strained asunder. But so great was the violence which it was necessary to exert, and so great was the suffering which it caused, that the stout189 warrior actually swooned away; nor did he altogether recover his416 senses, although every possible means at that time known were applied190 for his restoration, until the blood had been stanched191, and a rude, temporary litter, framed of lances bound together by the scarfs and baldrics of the emir’s retinue192, and strewn with war-cloaks was prepared for him. Just as this slender vehicle was perfected and slung193 between the saddles of four warriors, the color returned to the pallid194 lips and cheeks of the brave Spaniard, and gradually animation195 was restored. In the meantime, the escort of El Zagal had been increased by the arrival of many bands of steel-clad warriors, returning from the pursuit of the routed Spaniards; until at length a grand host was collected, comprising several thousands of soldiery, of every species of force at that time in use—cavalry196, archers197, infantry, arrayed beneath hundreds of many colored banners, and marching gayly on to the blithe198 music of war-drum, atabal, and clarion199. The direction of the route taken by this martial200 company was the same wild, desolate201, and toilsome road, by which Don Roderigo had so nearly escaped that morning. All day long did they march beneath a burning sun and cloudless sky, the fierce heat insupportably reflected from the white limestone crags, and sandy surface of the roads; and so tremendous were its effects, that many of the horses and mules202, laden203 with baggage, which accompanied the cavalcade204, died on the wayside; while the wounded captive, between anxiety and pain, and the incessant205 jolting206 of the litter, was in a state of fever bordering nearly on delirium207, during the whole of the long march.
At length, just when the sun was setting, and the soft dews of evening were falling silently on the parched208 and scanty209 herbage, the train of El Zagal reached the foot of a rugged and precipitous hill, crowned by a lofty watch-tower. Ordering his troops to bivouac as best they might, at the base of the steep acclivity, the old Moor spurred up its side with his immediate417 train and his enfeebled captive. Just as he reached the brow the gates flew open, and the loveliest girl that ever met a sire’s embrace, rushed forth with her attendants—the sternness melted from the old warrior’s brow, as he clasped her to his bosom210, before he entered the dark portal. Within that mountain fortalice long lay the Christian warrior, struggling midway between the gates of life and death; and when at length he awoke from his appalling dreams, strange visions of dark eyes compassionately211 beaming upon his, soft hands that tended his worn limbs, and shapes angelically graceful214 floating about his pillow, were blent with the dark recollections of his hot delirium, and that too so distinctly, that he long doubted whether these too were the creations of his fevered fancy. Well had it been for him, well for one lovelier and frailer215 being, had they indeed been dreams; but who shall struggle against his destiny!
Hours, days, and weeks, rolled onward; and, as they fled, brought health and vigor to the body of the wounded knight; but brought no restoration to his overwrought and excited mind. The war still raged in ruthless and unsparing fury, between the politic217 and crafty218 Ferdinand, backed by the chivalry of the most puissant219 realm of Europe, and the ill-fated Moorish prince, who, last and least of a proud race, survived to weep the downfall of that lovely kingdom which he had lacked the energy to govern or defend. Field after field was fought, and foray followed foray, till every streamlet of Grenada had been empurpled by the mingled220 streams of Saracen and Christian gore, till every plain and valley had teemed221 with that rank verdure, which betrays a soil watered by human blood. So constant was the strife, so general the havoc222, so wide the desolation, that those who fell were scarcely mourned by their surviving comrades, forgotten almost ere the life had left them. Hardly a family in Spain but had lost sire, son, husband, brother; and so fast came418 the tidings in, of slaughter and of death, that the ear scarce could drink one tale of sorrow, before another banished223 it. And thus it was with Roderigo de Narvaez. For a brief space, indeed, after the fatal day of Axarquia, his name had been syllabled224 by those who had escaped from the dread slaughter, with those of others as illustrious in birth, as famous in renown225, and as unfortunate, for all believed that he had fallen in the catastrophe226 of their career. For a brief space his name had swelled227 the charging cry of Antiquera’s chivalry, when thirsting for revenge, and all on fire to retrieve229 their tarnished230 laurels231, they burst upon their dark-complexioned foemen. A brief space, and he was forgotten! His death avenged232 by tenfold slaughter—his soul redeemed233 by many a midnight mass—his virtues234 celebrated235, and his name recorded, even while yet he lived, on the sepulchral236 marble, and the bold banner-bearer was even as though he had never been. Alone, alone in the small mountain tower, he passed his weary days, his long and woful nights. Ever alone! He gazed forth from the lofty lattices over the bare and sun-scourged summits of the wild crags of Malaga, and sighed for the fair huertas, the rich vineyards, and the shadowy olives of his dear native province. He listened to the clank of harness, to the wild summons of the Moorish horn, to the thick-beating clatter of the hoofs, as with his fiery hordes237 old Muley el Zagal swooped238 like some bird of rapine from his far mountain eyry on the rich booty of the vales below; but he saw not, marked not, at least, the gorgeousness and pomp of their array; for, when he would have looked forth on their merry mustering239, his heart would swell228 within him as though it would have burst from his proud bosom—his eyes would dazzle and grow dim, filled with unbidden tears, that his manhood vainly strove to check—his ears would be heavy with a sound, as it were of many falling waters. Thus, hour by hour, the heavy days lagged on, and though the flesh of 419the imprisoned240 knight waxed stronger still and stronger, the spirit daily flagged and faltered241. The fierce old emir noted242 the yielding of his captive soul, noted the dimness of the eye, the absence of the high and sparkling fire, that had so won his admiration243 on their first encounter; he noted, and to do him justice, noted it with compassion212; and ever, when he sallied forth to battle, determined244 that he would grasp the earliest opportunity, afforded by the capture of any one of his own stout adherents245, to ransom or exchange his prisoner. But, as at times, things will fall out perversely246, and, as it were, directly contrary to their accustomed course; though he lost many by the lance, the harquebus, the sword, no man of his brave followers was taken; nay more, so rancorous and savage had the war latterly become, that Moor and Spaniard now, where’er they met, charged instantly—with neither word nor parley—and fought it out with murderous fury, till one or both had fallen. And thus it chanced, that, while his friends esteemed247 him dead, and dropped him quietly into oblivion, and his more generous captor would, had he possessed248 the power, have sent him forth to liberty on easy terms of ransom, fate kept him still in thrall249.
After a while, there came a change in his demeanor250; the head no longer was propped251 listlessly from morn to noon, from noon “to dewy eve,” upon his burning hand; the cheek regained252 its hue, the eye its quick clear glance, keen and pervading253 as the falcon’s; the features beamed with their old energy of pride and valiant254 resolution; his movements were elastic255, his step free and bold, his head erect and fearless; and the old Moor observed the change, and watched, if he perchance might fathom256 the mysterious cause, and queried of his menials; and yet remained long, very long, in darkness and in doubt.
And what was that mysterious cause, that sudden overmastering power, that spell, potent159 as the magician’s charm, which420 weaned the prisoner from its melancholy257 yearnings; which kindled155 his eye once again with its old fire; which roused him from his oblivious258 stupor259, and made him bear himself once more, not as the tame heart-broken captive, but as the free, bold, dauntless, energetic champion; clothed as in arms of proof, in the complete, invulnerable panoply260 of a soul; proud, active, and enthusiastic, and, at a moment’s notice, prepared for every fortune? What should it be but love—the tamer of the proud and strong—the strengthener of the weak and timid—the tyrant261 of all minds—the change of all natures—what should it be but love?
The half-remembered images of his delirium—the strong and palpable impressions, which had so wildly floated among his feverish262 dreams, had been clothed with reality—the form, which he had viewed so often through the half-shut lids of agony and sickness, had stood revealed in the perfection of substantial beauty before his waking eyesight; the soft voice, which had soothed263 his anguish264, had answered his in audible and actual converse265. In truth, that form, that voice, those lineaments, were all-sufficient to have spell-bound the sternest and the coldest heart, that ever manned itself against the fascinations266 of the sex. Framed in the slightest and most sylph-like mould, yet of proportions exquisitely267 true, of symmetry most rare, of roundness most voluptuous268, of grace unrivalled, Zelica was in sooth a creature, formed not so much for mortal love as for ideal adoration269. Her coal-black hair, profuse270 almost unto redundancy, waving in natural ringlets, glossy and soft as silk—her wild, full, liquid eyes, now blazing with intolerable lustre, now melting into the veriest luxury of languor271; her high, pale, intellectual brow; her delicately-chiselled lineaments, the perfect arch of her small ruby272 mouth, and, above all, the fleet and changeful gleams of soul that would flit over that rare face—the flash of intellect, bright and pervading as the prophet’s421 glance of inspiration; the sweet, soft, dream-like melancholy, half lustre and half shadow, like the transparent273 twilight of her own lovely skies; the beaming, soul-entrancing smiles, that laughed out from the eyes before they curled the ever-dimpling lips—these were the spells that roused the Christian captive from his dark lethargy of wo.
A first chance interview in the small garden of the fortress274—for in the smallest and most iron fastnesses of the Moors of Spain, the decoration of a garden, with its dark cypresses275, its orange-bowers, its marble fountains, and arabesque6 kiosk among its group of fan-like palms, imported with great care and cost from their far native sands, was never lacking—a first chance interview, wherein the Moorish maiden276, bashful at being seen beyond the precincts of the harem unveiled, and that too by a giaour, was all tears, flutter, and dismay; while the enamored Spaniard—enamored at first sight, and recognising in the fair, trembling shape before him the ministering angel who had smoothed his feverish pillow, and flitted round his bed during those hours of dark and dread delirium—poured forth his gratitude277, his love, his admiration, in a rich flood of soul-fraught and resistless eloquence278: a first chance interview led by degrees, and after interchange of flowery tokens, and wavings of white kerchiefs by hands whiter yet, from latticed casements279, and all those thousand nothings, which, imperceptible and nothing worth to the dull world, are to the lover confirmations280 strong as proofs of Holy Writ143, to frequent meetings—meetings sweeter that they were stolen, fonder that they were brief, during the fierce heat of the noontide, when all beside were buried in the soft siesta281, or by the pale light of the amorous282 moon, when every eye that might have spied out their clandestine283 interviews was sealed in deepest slumber284.
Hours, days, and weeks, rolled onward, and still the Spanish cavalier remained a double captive in the lone12 tower of E422l Zagal. Captive in spirit, yet more than in the body—for, having spent the whole of his gay youth, the whole of his young, fiery manhood, in the midst of courts and cities; having from early boyhood basked285 in the smiles of beauty, endured unharmed the ordeal286 of most familiar intercourse with the most lovely maids and matrons of old Spain, and borne away a heart untouched by any passion, by any fancy, how transient or how brief soever; and having, at that period of his life when man’s passions are perhaps the strongest, and surely the most permanent, surrendered almost at first sight his affections to this wild Moorish maiden—it seemed as if he voluntarily devoted287 his whole energies of soul and body to this one passion; as if he purposely lay by all other wishes, hopes, pursuits; as if he made himself designedly a slave, a blinded worshipper.
It was, indeed, a singular, a wondrous288 subject for the contemplation of philosophy, to see the keen, cool, polished courtier, the warrior of a hundred battles, the cavalier of the most glowing courts, the bland289, sagacious, wily, and perhaps cold-hearted citizen of the great world, bowing a willing slave, surrendering his very privilege of thought and action, to a mere290 girl, artless, and frank, and inexperienced; devoid291, as it would seem, of every charm that could have wrought216 upon a spirit such as his; skilled in no art, possessing no accomplishment292, whereby to win the field against the deep sagacity, the wily worldly-heartedness of him whom she had conquered almost without a struggle. And yet this very artlessness it was which first enchained him; this very free, clear candor293, which, as a thing he never had before encountered, set all his art at nothing.
Happily fled the winged days in this sweet dream; until at length the Spaniard woke—woke to envisage294 his position; to take deep thought as to his future conduct; to ponder, to resolve,423 to execute. It needed not much of the deep knowledge of the world for which, above all else, Roderigo was so famous, to see that under no contingency295 would the old Moor—the fiercest foeman of Spain’s chivalry, the bitterest hater of the very name of Spaniard—consent to such a union. It needed even less to teach him that, so thoroughly296 had he enchained the heart, the fancy, the affections of the young Zelica, that for him she would willingly resign, not the home only, and the country, and the creed297 of her forefathers298, but name and fame, and life itself, if such a sacrifice were called for. Fervently299, passionately213 did the young Spaniard love—honestly too, and in all honor; nor would he, to have gained an empire, have wronged that innocent, confiding300, artless being, who had set all the confidence of a young heart, which, guileless in itself, feared naught302 of guile301 from others, upon the faith and honor of her lover. At a glance he perceived that their only chance was flight. A few soft moments of persuasion303 prevailed with the fair girl; nor was it long ere opportunity, and bribery304, and the quick wit of Roderigo, wrought on the avarice of one, the trustiest of old Muley’s followers, to plan for them an exit from the guarded walls, to furnish them with horses and a guide, the very first time the old emir should go forth to battle.
Not long had they to wait. As the month waned305, and the nights grew dark and moonless, the note of preparation once again was heard in hall, and armory306, and stable. Harness was buckled307 on, war-steeds were barbed for battle, and, for a foray destined308 to last three weeks, forth sallied El Zagal.
Three days they waited, waited in wild suspense309, in order that the host might have advanced so far, that they should risk no interruption from the stragglers of the rear. The destined day arrived, and slowly, one by one, the weary hours lagged on. At last—at last—the skies are darkened, and Lucifer, love’s harbinger, is twinkling in the west. Three saddled424 barbs310, of the best blood of Araby, stand in a gloomy dingle, about a bow-shot from the castle-walls, tended by one dark, turbaned servitor. Evening has passed, and midnight, dark, silent, and serene311, broods o’er the sleeping world. Two figures steal down from the postern gate: one a tall, stately form, sheathed176 cap-à-pie in European panoply; the other a slight female figure, veiled closely, and bedecked with the rich, flowing draperies that, form the costume of all oriental nations. ’Tis Roderigo and Zelica. Now they have reached the horses; the cavalier has raised the damsel to her saddle, has vaulted312 to his demipique. Stealthily for a hundred yards they creep away at a foot’s pace, till they have gained the greensward, whence no loud clank will bruit313 abroad their progress. Now they give free head to their steeds—they spur, they gallop116! Ha! whence that wild and pealing314 yell—“La illah, allah la!” On every side it rings—on every side—and from bush, brake, and thicket, on every side, up spring turban, and assagay, and cimeter—all the wild cavalry of El Zagal!
Resistance was vain; but, ere resistance could be offered, up strode the veteran emir. “This, then,” he said, in tones of bitter scorn, “this is a Christian’s gratitude—a Spaniard’s honor!—to bring disgrace—”
“No, sir!” thundered the Spaniard, “no disgrace! A Christian cavalier disgraces not the noblest demoiselle or dame315 by offer of his hand!”
“His hand?” again the old Moor interrupted him; “his hand—wouldst thou then marry—”
“Had we reached Antiquera’s walls this night, to-morrow’s dawn had seen Zelica the all-honored bride of Roderigo de Narvaez!”
“Ha! is it so, fair sir?” replied the father; “and thou, I trow, young mistress, thou too art nothing loath316?” and taking her embarrassed silence for assent—“be it so!” he continued,425 “be it so! deep will we feast to-night, and with to-morrow’s dawn Zelica shall be the bride of Roderigo de Narvaez!”
Astonishment317 rendered the Spaniard mute, but ere long gratitude found words, and they returned gay, joyous318, and supremely319 happy, to the lone fortress.
There, in the vaulted hall, the board was set, the feast was spread, the red wine flowed profusely320, the old Moor on his seat of state, and right and left of him that fair young couple; and music flowed from unseen minstrels’ harps321, and perfumes steamed the hall with their rich incense322, and lights blazed high, and garlands glittered: but blithe as were all appliances, naught was so blithe or joyous as those young, happy hearts.
The feast was ended; and Abdallah rose, and filled a goblet323 to the brim—a mighty324 goblet, golden and richly gemmed—with the rare wine of Shiraz. “Drink,” he said, “Christian, after your country’s fashion—drink to your bride, and let her too assist in draining this your nuptial325 chalice326.”
Roderigo seized the cup, and with a lightsome smile drank to his lovely bride—and deeply he quaffed327, and passed it to Zelica; and she, too, pleased with the ominous328 pledge, drank as she ne’er had drank before, as never did she drink thereafter!
The goblet was drained, drained to the very dregs; and, with a fiendish sneer329, Muley Abdallah uprose once again.
“Christian, I said to-morrow’s dawn should see Zelica Roderigo’s bride, and it shall—in the grave! To prayer—to prayer! if prayer may now avail ye! Lo! your last cup on earth is drained; your lives are forfeit—nay, they are gone already!”
Why dwell upon the hateful scene—the agony, the anguish, the despair? For one short hour, in all the extremities330 of torture, that hapless pair writhed331, wretchedly convulsed, before the gloating eyes of the stern murderer! Repressing each all426 outward symptoms of the tortures they endured, lest they should add to the dread torments332 of the other—not a sigh, not a groan333, not a reproach was heard! Locked in each other’s arms, they wrestled334 to the last with the dread venom335; locked in each other’s arms, when the last moment came, they lay together on the cold floor of snowy marble—unhappy victims, fearful monuments of the dread vengeance336 of a Moorish father!
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profusion
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bleached
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glazed
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haughty
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asunder
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azure
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mace
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twilight
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infantry
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