Now don't be in a hurry, but obey my orders." Fergus drank off the wine; then, after waiting a minute or two, said: "Count Eulenfurst is sorely wounded, sire, but I cannot say whether mortally or not.

When I came away, he was still lying insensible.
His wife and daughter are, happily, uninjured." "Was anyone else hurt ?" "Yes, sire, the six menservants who were sleeping in the house were all killed--four in their beds, two while hastening from below to assist their master." The king gave an exclamation of fury.
"You said these men belonged to a Pomeranian regiment.

Had they left before you got there?
But I suppose not, or else you would not have been wounded.

How was it that you heard of the attack ?" "I had carried a despatch from the marshal to the camp, sire, and was on my way back when I heard a pistol shot.

The sound was faint, for it came from a house a quarter of a mile away, and was fired indoors; but the night was still, and fortunately some of the windows were open.