It will not make either of us more cheerful, but whoever is ordered by the leech to drink gall and wormwood does wisely to swallow the dose at one gulp.

Do you wish to empty the cup now ?" The knight nodded assent, and Biberli went on.

"Home affairs are not going as they ought.

Though your uncle's hair is already grey, the knightly blood in his veins makes him grasp the sword too quickly.

The quarrel about the bridge-toll has broken out again more violently than ever.