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XX. HOW THE ENGLISH ATTEMPTED THE CASTLE OF LA BROHINIERE
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For some minutes Nigel remained motionless upon the crest1 of the hill, his heart, like lead within him, and his eyes fixed2 upon the huge gray walls which contained his unhappy henchman. He was roused by a sympathetic hand upon his shoulder and the voice of his young prisoner in his ear.
“Peste!” said he. “They have some of your birds in their cage, have they not? What then, my friend? Keep your heart high! Is it not the chance of war, to-day to them, to-morrow to thee, and death at last for us all? And yet I had rather they were in any hands than those of Oliver the Butcher.”
“By Saint Paul, we cannot suffer it!” cried Nigel distractedly. “This man has come with me from my own home. He has stood between me and death before now. It goes to my very heart that he should call upon me in vain. I pray you, Raoul, to use your wits, for mine are all curdled3 in my head. Tell me what I should do and how I may bring him help.”
The Frenchman shrugged4 his shoulders. “As easy to get a lamb unscathed out of a wolves' lair6 as a prisoner safe from La Brohiniere. Nay7, Nigel, whither do you go? Have you indeed taken leave of your wits?”
The Squire8 had spurred his horse down the hillside and never halted until he was within a bowshot of the gate. The French prisoner followed hard behind him, with a buzz of reproaches and expostulations.
“You are mad, Nigel!” he cried. “What do you hope to do then? Would you carry the castle with your own hands? Halt, man, halt, in the name of the Virgin9!”
But Nigel had no plan in his head and only obeyed the fevered impulse to do something to ease his thoughts. He paced his horse up and down, waving his spear, and shouting insults and challenges to the
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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n.休战,(争执,烦恼等的)缓和;v.以停战结束 | |
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chateau
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adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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