Some of them were for sending our heads, minus our bodies, to Toroczko, with a demand to surrender the town, else they would storm it and not leave one stone on another.

But the upshot was that they led me out in the morning and told me my terms of peace were accepted.

They abandon their plans against Toroczko, disperse to their homes, and promise henceforth to be our good neighbours, as heretofore." "Did they swear to this ?" "Before the altar, and a priest administered the oath." "With two candles on the altar ?" "Yes." "Then they will keep their word." "And I, as plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary, gave them a written and sealed pledge to restrain my people from all acts of hostility against them." "That will cost you a hard fight when you get home." "But I shall win.

The Wallachians will respect the peace, and we shall avoid all contention with them.

Their leader, when he handed me our passport, said to me: 'You now have no further cause for uneasiness so far as we are concerned.