"Say, once for all, will you be mine ?--for by my halidome, that breath that uttereth thy refusal shall be thy last on earth!" "NE-VER ?" "Then die!" and the sword leaped from its scabbard.
Quicker than thought, quicker than the lightning's flash, fifty monkish habits disappeared, and fifty knights in splendid armor stood revealed! fifty falchions gleamed in air above the men-at-arms, and brighter, fiercer than them all, flamed Excalibur aloft, and cleaving downward struck the brutal Leonardo's weapon from his grasp! "A Luigi to the rescue! Whoop!" "A Leonardo! 'tare an ouns!'" "Oh, God, Oh, God, my husband!" "Oh, God, Oh, God, my wife!" "My father!" "My precious!" [Tableau.] Count Luigi bound his usurping brother hand and foot.

The practiced knights from Palestine made holyday sport of carving the awkward men-at-arms into chops and steaks.

The victory was complete.

Happiness reigned.

The knights all married the daughter.