15/35 It will need some hard fighting, and something desperate in the way of bravery, before he forgives them. He has got three wounds, and lost a lot of blood; but in a fortnight he will be in the saddle again. Perhaps less, for he is as hard as steel." "He saved the king's life, Karl. I was twenty yards away, and was wedged in so that there was no moving, except backwards; for Dohna's men were half mad with fright, and the Russians were cutting and slashing in the middle of us." "I saw it," Karl said. "I was close to you at the time. |