I pity yonder poor fool of a Swiss to-morrow, for what chance has he against a fish-eyed wizard ?" "Ten thousand curses on the Swiss!" said Acour.

"He thrust himself into the affair and will deserve all he gets.

I pity myself.

You know I am no coward, as not a few have learned before to-day, but I have little luck against this Englishman.

I tell you that there at Crecy I went down before him like a ninepin, and he spared my life.