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/F9 19 Tf 0 678.992 Td 0.000 Tc(THE TWO CAPTAINS.)Tj
/F9 15.8 Tf 0 -32.842 Td(by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouque)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -29.568 Td(CHAPTER I.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(A mild summer evening was resting on the shores of Malaga, awakening the guitar of many a merry singer)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(among the ships in the harbor, and in the city houses, and in many an ornamental garden villa. Emulating the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(voices of the birds, the melodious tones greeted the refreshing coolness, and floated like perfumed exhalations)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(from meadow and water, over the enchanting region. Some troops of infantry who were on the shore, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(who purposed to spend the night there, that they might be ready for embarkation early on the following)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(morning, forgot amid the charms of the pleasant eventide that they ought to devote these last few hours on)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(European soil to ease and slumber; they began to sing military songs, to drink to each other with their flasks)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(filled to the brim with the rich wine of Xeres, toasting to the long life of the mighty Emperor Charles V., who)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(was now besieging the pirate-nest Tunis, and to whose assistance they were about to sail. The merry)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(soldiers were not all of one race. Only two companies consisted of Spaniards; the third was formed of pure)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Germans, and now and then among the various fellow-combatants the difference of manners and language)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(had given rise to much bantering. Now, however, the fellowship of the approaching sea-voyage and of the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(glorious perils to be shared, as well as the refreshing feeling which the soft southern evening poured over soul)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and sense, united the band of comrades in perfect and undisturbed harmony. The Germans tried to speak)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Castilian, and the Spaniards to speak German, without its occurring to any one to make a fuss about the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(mistakes and confusions that happened. They mutually helped each other, thinking of nothing else but the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(good-will of their companions, each drawing near to his fellow by means of his own language.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Somewhat apart from the merry tumult, a young German captain, Sir Heimbert of Waldhausen, was reclining)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(under a cork-tree, gazing earnestly up at the stars, apparently in a very different mood to the fresh, merry)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sociability which his comrades knew and loved in him. Presently the Spanish captain, Don Fadrique)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Mendez, approached him; he was a youth like the other, and was equally skilled in martial exercises, but he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(was generally as austere and thoughtful as Heimbert was cheerful and gentle. "Pardon, Senor," began the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(solemn Spaniard, "if I disturb you in your meditations. But as I have had the honor of often seeing you as a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(courageous warrior and faithful brother in amrs in many a hot encounter, I would gladly solicit you above all)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(others to do me a knightly service, if it does not interfere with your own plans and projects for this night." )Tj
0 -13.2 Td("Dear sir," returned Heimbert courteously, "I have certainly an affair of importance to attend to before sunrise,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(but till midnight I am perfectly free, and ready to render you any assistance as a brother in aims." "Enough,")Tj
0 -13.2 Td(said Fadrique, "for at midnight the tones must long have ceased with which I shall have taken farewell of the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(dearest being I have ever known in this my native city. But that you may be as fully acquainted with the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(whole affair as behoves a noble companion, listen to me attentively for a few moments.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Some time before I left Malaga to join the army of our great emperor and to aid in spreading the glory of his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(arms through Italy, I was devoted, after the fashion of young knights, to the service of a beautiful girl in this)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(city, named Lucila. She had at that time scarcely reached the period which separates childhood from ripe)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(maidenhood, and as I--a boy only just capable of bearing arms-- offered my homage with a childlike,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(friendly feeling, it was also received by my young mistress in a similar childlike manner. I marched at length)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(to Italy, and as you yourself know, for we have been companions since then, I was in many a hot fight and in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(many an enchantingly alluring region in that luxurious land. Amid all our changes, I held unalterably within)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(me the image of my gentle mistress, never pausing in the honorable service I had vowed to her, although I)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(cannot conceal from you that in so doing it was rather to fulfil the word I had pledged at my departure than)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(from any impelling and immoderately ardent feeling in my heart. When we returned to my native city from)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(our foreign wanderings, a few weeks ago, I found my mistress married to a rich and noble knight residing)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(here. Fiercer far than love had been was the jealousy--that almost almighty child of heaven and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(hell--which now spurred me on to follow Lucila's steps, from her home to the church, from thence to the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(house of a friend, from thence again to her home or to some noble circle of knights and ladies, and all this as)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(unweariedly and as closely as was possible. When I had at length assured myself that no other young knight)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(attended her, and that she devoted herself entirely to the husband chosen for her by her parents rather than)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(desired by herself, I felt perfectly satisfied, and I should not have troubled you at this moment had not Lucila)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(approached me the day before yesterday and whispered in my ear that I must not provoke her husband, for he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(was very passionate and bold; that not the slightest danger threatened her in the matter, because he loved and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(honored her above everything, but that his wrath would vent itself all the more furiously upon me. You can)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(readily understand, my noble comrade, that I could not help proving my contempt of all personal danger by)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(following Lucila more closely than ever, and singing nightly serenades beneath her flower-decked windows)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(till the morning star began to be reflected in the sea. This very night Lucila's husband sets out at midnight for)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Madrid, and from that hour I will in every way avoid the street in which they live; until then, however, as soon)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(as it is sufficiently dark to be suitable for a serenade, I will have love-romances unceasingly sang before his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(house. It is true I have information that not only he but Lucila's brothers are really to enter upon a quarrel)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(with me, and it is for this reason, Senor, that I have requested you to bear me company with your good sword)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(in this short expedition.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Heimbert seized the Spaniard's hand as a pledge of his readiness, saying as he did so, "To show you, dear sir,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(how gladly I will do what you desire of me, I will requite your confidence with confidence, and will relate a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(little incident which occurred to me in this city, and will beg you after midnight also to render me a small)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(service. My story is short, and will not detain us longer than we must wait before the twilight has become)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(deeper and more gloomy.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("On the day after we arrived here I amused myself with walking in the beautiful gardens with which the place)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(abounds. I have now been long in these southern lands, but I cannot but believe that the dreams which)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(transport me nightly back to my German home are the cause for my feeling everything here so strange and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(astonishing. At all events, every morning when I wake I wonder anew, as if I were only just arrived. So I)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(was walking then, like one infatuated, among the aloe trees, which were scattered among the laurels and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(oleanders. Suddenly a cry sounded near me, and a slender girl, dressed in white, fled into my arms, fainting,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(while her companions dispersed past us in every direction. A soldier can always tolerably soon gather his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(senses together, and I speedily perceived a furious bull was pursuing the beautiful maiden. I threw her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(quickly over a thickly planted hedge, and followed her myself, upon which the beast, blind with rage, passed)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(us by, and I have heard no more of it since, except that some young knights in an adjacent courtyard had been)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(making a trial with it previous to a bull-fight, and that it was on this account that it had broken so furiously)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(through the gardens.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("I was now standing quite alone, with the fainting lady in my arms, and she was so wonderfully beautiful to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(look at that I have never in my life felt happier than I then did, and also never sadder. At last I laid her down)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(on the turf, and sprinkled her angelic brow, with water from a neighboring little fountain. And so she came)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(to herself again, and when she opened her bright and lovely eyes I thought I could imagine how the glorified)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(spirits must feel in heaven.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("She thanked me with graceful and courteous words, and called me her knight; but in my state of enchantment)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(I could not utter a syllable, and she must have almost thought me dumb. At length my speech returned, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the prayer at once was breathed forth from my heart, that the sweet lady would often again allow me to see her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(in this garden; for that in a few weeks the service of the emperor would drive me into the burning land of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Africa, and that until then she should vouchsafe me the happiness of beholding her. She looked at me half)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(smiling, half sadly, and said, 'Yes.' And she has kept her word and has appeared almost daily, without our)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(having yet spoken much to each other. For although she has been sometimes quite alone, I could never)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(begin any other topic but that of the happiness of walking by her side. Often she has sung to me, and I have)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(sung to her also. When I told her yesterday that our departure was so near, her heavenly eyes seemed to me)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(suffused with tears. I must also have looked sorrowful, for she said to me, in a consoling tone, 'Oh, pious,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(childlike warrior! one may trust you as one trusts an angel.' After midnight, before the morning dawn breaks)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(for your departure, I give you leave to take farewell of me in this very spot. If you could, however, find a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(true and discreet comrade to watch the entrance from the street, it would be well, for many a soldier may be)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(passing at that hour through the city on his way from some farewell carouse. Providence has now sent me)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(such a comrade, and at one o'clock I shall go joyfully to the lovely maiden.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("I only wish the service on which you require me were more rich in danger," rejoined Fadrique, "so that I)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(might better prove to you that I am yours with life and limb. But come, noble brother, the hour for my)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(adventure is arrived.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And wrapped in their mantles, the youths walked hastily toward the city, Fadrique carrying his beautiful guitar)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(under his arm.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER II.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(The night-smelling flowers in Lucila's window were already beginning to emit their refreshing perfume when)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Fadrique, leaning in the shadow of the angle of an old church opposite, began to tune his guitar. Heimbert)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(had stationed himself not far from him, behind a pillar, his drawn sword under his mantle, and his clear blue)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(eyes, like two watching stars, looking calmly and penetrating around. Fadrique sang:)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Upon a meadow green with spring,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(A little flower was blossoming,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(With petals red and snowy white;)Tj
0 -26.4 Td( To me, a youth, my soul's delight)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Within that blossom lay,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And I have loved my song to indite)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And flattering homage pay.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Since then a wanderer I have been,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And many a bloody strife have seen;)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And now returned, I see)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The little floweret stands no more)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Upon the meadow as before;)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Transplanted by a gardener's care,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And hedged by golden trellis there,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(It is denied to me.)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc("I grudge him not his trellised guard,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(His bolts of iron, strongly barred;)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Yet, wandering in the cool night-air,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(I touch my zither's string,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And as afore her beauties rare,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Her wondrous graces sing,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And e'en the gardener shall not dare)Tj
0 -26.4 Td( Refuse the praise I bring.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("That depends, Senor," said a man, stepping close, and as he thought unobserved, before Fadrique; but the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(latter had already been informed of his approach by a sign from his watchful friend, and he was therefore)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(ready to answer with the greater coolness, "If you wish, Senor, to commence a suit with my guitar, she has, at)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(all events, a tongue of steel, which has already on many occasions done her excellent service. With whom is)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(it your pleasure to speak, with the guitar or the advocate?")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(While the stranger was silent from embarrassment, two mantled figures had approached Heimbert and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(remained standing a few steps from him, as if to cut off Fadrique's flight in case he intended to escape. "I)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(believe, dear sirs," said Heimbert in a courteous tone, "we are here on the same errand--namely, to prevent)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(any intrusion upon the conference of yonder knights. At least, as far as I am concerned, you may rely upon it)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(that any one who attempts to interfere in their affair will receive my dagger in his heart. Be of good cheer,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(therefore; I think we shall both do our duty." The two gentlemen bowed courteously and were silent.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The quiet self-possession with which the two soldiers carried on the whole affair was most embarrassing to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(their three adversaries, and they were at a loss to know how they should begin the dispute. At last Fadrique)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(again touched the strings of his guitar, and was preparing to begin another song. This mark of contempt and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(apparent disregard of danger and hazard so enraged Lucila's husband \(for it was he who had taken his stand by)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Don Fadrique\) that without further delay he drew his sword from his sheath, and with a voice of suppressed)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(rage called out, "Draw, or I shall stab you!" "Very gladly, Senor," replied Fadrique quietly; "you need not)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(threaten me; you might as well have said so calmly." And so saying he placed his guitar carefully in a niche)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(in the church wall, seized bis sword, and, bowing gracefully to his opponent, the fight, began.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(At first the two figures by Heimbert's side, who were Lucila's brothers, remained quite quiet; but when)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Fadrique began to get the better of their brother-in-law they appeared as if they intended to take part in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(fight. Heimbert therefore made his mighty sword gleam in the moonlight, and said, "Dear sirs, you will not)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(surely oblige me to execute that of which I previously assured you? I pray you not to compel me to do so;)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(but if it cannot be otherwise, I must honorably keep my word, you may rely upon it." The two young men)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(remained from that time motionless, surprised both at the decision and at the true-hearted friendliness that lay)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(in Heimbert's words.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Meanwhile Don Fadrique, although pressing hard upon his adversary, had generously avoided wounding him,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and when at last by a dexterous movement he wrested his sword from him. Lucila's husband, surprised at the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(unexpected advantage, and in alarm at being thus disarmed, retreated a few steps. But Fadrique threw the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(weapon adroitly into the air, and catching it again near the point of the blade, he said, as he gracefully)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(presented the hilt to his opponent, "Take it, Senor, and I hope our affair of honor is now settled, as you will)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(grant under these circumstances that I am only here to show that I fear no sword-thrust in the world. The)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(bell of the old cathedral is now ringing twelve o'clock, and I give you my word of honor as a knight and a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(soldier that neither is Dona Lucila pleased with my attentions nor am I pleased with paying them; from)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(henceforth, and were I to remain a hundred years in Malaga, I would not continue to serenade her in this)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(spot. So proceed on your journey, and God be with you." He then once more greeted his conquered)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(adversary with serious and solemn courtesy, and withdrew. Heimbert followed him, after having cordially)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(shaken hands with the two youths, saying, "No, dear young sirs, do not let it ever again enter your heads to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(interfere in any honorable contest. Do you understand me?")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(He soon overtook his companion, and walked on by his side so full of ardent expectation, and with his heart)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(beating so joyfully and yet so painfully, that he could not utter a single word. Don Fadrique Mendez was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(also silent; it was not till Heimbert paused before an ornamented garden-gate, and pointed cheerfully to the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(pomegranate boughs richly laden with fruits which overhung it, saying, "This is the place, dear comrade," that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the Spaniard appeared as if about to ask a question, but turning quickly round he merely said, "I am pledged to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(guard this entrance for you till dawn. You have my word of honor for it." So saying he began walking to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and fro before the gate, with drawn sword, like a sentinel, and Heimbert, trembling with joy, glided within the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(gloomy and aromatic shrubberies.)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(He was not long in seeking the bright star, which he indeed felt was destined henceforth to guide the course of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(his whole life. The delicate form approached him not far from the entrance; weeping softly, it seemed to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(him, in the light of the full moon which was just rising, and yet smiling with such infinite grace, that her tears)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(were rather like a pearly ornament than a veil of sorrow. In deep and infinite joy and sorrow the two lovers)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(wandered silently together through the flowery groves; now and then a branch waving in the night-air would)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(touch the guitar on the lady's arm, and it would breathe forth a slight murmur which blended with the song of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the nightingale, or the delicate fingers of the girl would tremble over the strings and awaken a few scattered)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(chords, while the shooting stars seemed as if following the tones of the instrument as they died away. Oh,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(truly happy was this night both to the youth and the maiden, for no rash wish or impure desire passed even)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(fleetingly across their minds. They walked on side by side, happy that Providence had allowed them this)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(delight, and so little desiring any other blessing that even the transitoriness of that they were now enjoying)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(floated away into the background of their thoughts.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(In the middle ot the beautiful garden there was a large open lawn, ornamented with statues and surrounding a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(beautiful and splashing fountain. The two lovers sat down on its brink, now gazing at the waters sparkling in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the moonlight, and now delighting in the contemplation of each other's beauty. The maiden touched her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(guitar, and Heimbert, impelled by a feeling scarcely intelligible to himself, sang the following words to it:)Tj
0 -26.4 Td( "There is a sweet life linked with mine,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(But I cannot tell its name;)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Oh, would it but to me consign)Tj
0 -26.4 Td( The secret of that life divine,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(That so my lips in whispers sweet)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And gentle songs might e'en repeat)Tj
0 -26.4 Td( All that my heart would fain proclaim!")Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(He suddenly paused, and blushed deeply, fearing he had been too bold. The lady blushed also, touched her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(guitar-strings with a half-abstracted air, and at last sang as if dream)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("By the spring where moonlight's gleams)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(O'er the sparkling waters pass,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Who is sitting by the youth,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Singing on the soft green grass? )Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Shall the maiden tell her name,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(When though all unknown it be,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Her heart is glowing with her shame,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And her cheeks burn anxiously,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(First, let the youthful knight be named. )Tj
0 -26.4 Td('Tis he that on that glorious day)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Fought in Castilla's proud array;)Tj
0 -26.4 Td('Tis he the youth of sixteen years,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(At Pavia, who his fortunes tried,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The Frenchman's fear, the Spaniard's pride. )Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Heimbert is the hero's name,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Victorious in many a fight!)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And beside the valiant knight,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Sitting in the soft green grass,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Though her name her lips shall pass,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td( Dona Clara feels no shame ")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Oh!" said Heimbert, blushing from another cause than before, "oh, Dona Clara, that affair at Pavia was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(nothing but a merry and victorious tournament, and even if occasionally since then I have been engaged in a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(tougher contest, how have I ever merited as a reward the overwhelming bliss I am now enjoying! Now I)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(know what your name is, and I may in future address you by it, my angelic Dona Clara, my blessed and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(beautiful Dona Clara! But tell me now, who has given you such a favorable report of my achievements, that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(I may ever regard him with grateful affection?")Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc("Does the noble Heimbert of Waldhausen suppose," rejoined Clara, "that the noble houses of Spain had none)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(of their sons where he stood in the battle? You must have surely seen them fighting by your side, and must I)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(not have heard of your glories through the lips of my own people?")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The silvery tones of a little bell sounded just then from a neighboring palace, and Clara whispered, "It is time)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(to part. Adieu, my hero!" And she smiled on the youth through her gushing tears, and bent toward him, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(he almost fancied he felt a sweet kiss breathed from her lips. When he fully recovered himself Clara had)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(disappeared, the morning clouds were beginning to wear the rosy hue of dawn, and Heimbert, with a heaven)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(of love's proud happiness in his heart, returned to his watchful friend at the garden gate.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER IV.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td("Halt!" exclaimed Fadrique, as Heimbert appeared from the garden, holding his drawn sword toward him)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(ready for attack. "Stop, you are mistaken, my good comrade," said the German, smiling, "it is I whom you)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(see before you." "Do not imagine, Knight Heimbert of Waldhausen," said Fadrique, "that I mistake you. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(But my promise is discharged, my hour of guard has been honorably kept, and now I beg you without further)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(delay to prepare yourself, and fight for your life until heart's blood has ceased to flow through these veins.")Tj
0 -13.2 Td("Good heavens!" sighed Heimbert, "I have often heard that in these southern lands there are witches, who)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(deprive people of their senses by magic arts and incantations. But I have never experienced anything of the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sort until to-day. Compose yourself, my dear good comrade, and go with me back to the shore." Fadrique)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(laughed fiercely, and answered, "Set aside your silly delusion, and if you must have everything explained to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(you, word by word, in order to understand it, know then that the lady whom you came to meet in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(shrubbery of this my garden is Dona Clara Mendez, my only sister. Quick, therefore, and without further)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(preamble, draw!" "God forbid!")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(exclaimed the German, not touching his weapon. "You shall be my brother-in-law, Fadrique, and not my)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(murderer, and still less will I be yours." Fadrique only shook his head indignantly, and advanced toward his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(comrade with measured steps for an encounter. Heimbert, however, still remained immovable, and said,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td("No, Fadrique, I cannot now or ever do you harm. For besides the love I bear your sister, it must certainly)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(have been you who has spoken to her so honorably of my military expeditions in Italy." "When I did so,")Tj
0 -13.2 Td(replied Fadiique in a fury, "I was a fool. But, dallying coward, out with your sword, or--")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Before Fadrique had finished speaking, Heimbert, burning with indignation, exclaimed, "The devil himself)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(could not bear that!" and drawing his sword from the scabbard, the two young captains rushed fiercely and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(resolutely to the attack.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Different indeed was this contest to that previously fought by Fadrique with Lucila's husband. The two)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(young soldiers well understood their weapons, and strove with each other with equal boldness, their swords)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(flashing like rays of light as now this one now that one hurled a lightning thrust at his adversary, which was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(with similar speed and dexterity turned aside. Firmly they pressed the left foot, as if rooted in the ground,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(while the right advanced to the bold onset and then again they quickly retired to the safer attitude of defence. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(From the self-possession and the quiet unremitting anger with which both the combatants fought, it was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(evident that one of the two would find his grave under the overhanging branches of the orange-tree, which)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(were now tinged with the red glow of morning, and this would undoubtedly have been the case had not the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(report of a cannon from the harbor sounded through the silence of the twilight.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The combatants paused, as if at some word of command to be obeyed by both, and listened, counting to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(themselves; then, as each uttered the number thirty, a second gun was heard. "It is the signal for immediate)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(embarkation, Senor," said Don Fadrique; "we are now in the emperor's service, and all dispute ceases which is)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(not against the foes of Charles the Fifth." "Right," replied Heimbert, "but when there is an end of Tunis and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the whole war. I shall demand satisfaction for that 'dallying coward.'" "And I for that in intercourse with)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(my sister," said Fadrique. "Certainly," rejoined the other; and, so saying, the two captains hurried down to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the strand and arranged the embarkation of their troops; while the sun, rising over the sea, shone upon them)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(both in the same vessel.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER V.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(The voyagers had for some time to battle with contrary winds, and when at length they came in sight of the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(coasts of Barbary the darkness of evening had closed so deeply over the sea that no pilot in the little squadron)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(ventured to ride at anchor on the shallow shore. They cruised about on the calm waters, waiting for the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(morning; and the soldiers, full of laudable ambition for combat, stood impatiently in crowds on the deck,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(straining their longing eyes to see the theatre of their future deeds.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Meanwhile the heavy firing of besiegers and besieged thundered unceasingly from the fortress of Goletta, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(as the night darkened the scene with massy clouds, the flames of burning fragments became more visible, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the fiery course of the red bullets was perceptible as they crossed each other in their path, while their effects in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(fire and devastation were fearful to behold. It was evident that the Mussulmans had been attempting a sally,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(for a sharp fire of musketry burst forth suddenly amid the roaring of the cannon. The fight was approaching)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the trenches of the Christians, and on board the vessels none were agreed whether the besiegers were in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(danger or not. At length they saw that the Turks were driven back into the fortress; the Christian army)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(pursued them, and a shout was heard from the Spanish camp as of one loud Victory! and the cry, Goletta was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(taken!)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(How the troops on board the vessels--consisting of young and courage-tried men--burned with ardor and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(their hearts beat at the glorious spectacle, need not be detailed to those who carry a brave heart within their)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(own bosoms, and to all others any description would be lost. Heimbert and Fadrique stood close to each)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(other. "I do not know," said the latter, speaking to himself, "but I feel as if to-morrow I must plant my)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(standard upon yonder height which is now lighted up with the red glow of the bullets and burning flames in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Goletta." "That is just what I feel!" said Heimbert. The two angry captains then relapsed into silence and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(turned indignantly away.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The longed-for morning at length dawned, the vessels approached the shore, and the landing of the troops)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(began, while an officer was at once dispatched to the camp to announce the arrival of the reinforcements to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the mighty general Alba. The soldiers were hastily ranged on the beach, they put themselves and their)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(weapons in order, and were soon standing in battle array, ready for their great leader. Clouds of dust rose in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the gray twilight, the returning officer announced the approach of the general, and as Alba signifies "morning")Tj
0 -13.2 Td(in the Castilian tongue, the Spaniards raised a shout of rejoicing at the coincidence, as at some favorable)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(omen, for as the knightly train approached the first beams of the rising sun became visible.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The grave and haggard form of the general was seen mounted on a tall Andalusian charger of the deepest)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(black. Having galloped once up and down the lines, he stopped his powerful horse in the middle, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(looking along the ranks with an air of grave satisfaction, he said, "You pass muster well. That is well. I like)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(it to be so. It is plain to see that you are tried soldiers, in spite of your youth. We will first hold a review,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and then I will lead you to something more agreeable.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(So saying, he dismounted, and walking toward the right wing he began to inspect one troop after another in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the closest manner, with the captain of each company at his side, that he might receive from him accurate)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(account upon the minutest particulars. Sometimes a cannon-ball from the fortress would whizz over the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(heads of the men; then Alba would stand still and cast a keen glance over the soldiers before him. But when)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(he saw that not an eyelash moved, a smile of satisfaction passed over his severe pale face.)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(When he had inspected both divisions he again mounted his horse and once more galloped into the middle. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Then, stroking his long beard, he said, "You are in good order, soldiers, and therefore you shall take your part)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(in this glorious day, which is just dawning for our whole Christian armada. We will attack Barbarossa,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(soldiers. Do you not already hear the drums and fifes in the camp? Do you see him advancing yonder to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(meet the emperor? That side of his position is assigned to you!")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Vivat Carolus Quintus!" resounded through the ranks. Alba beckoned the captains to him, and assigned to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(each his duty. He usually mingled German and Spanish troops together, in order to stimulate the courage of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the combatants still higher by emulation. So it happened even now that Heimbert and Fadrique were)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(commanded to storm the very same height, which, now gleaming with the morning light, they at once)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(recognized as that which had shone out so fiercely and full of promise the night before.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER VI.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(Thrice had Fadrique and Heimbert almost forced their way to a rampart in the fortifications, and thrice had)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(they been repulsed with their men into the valley below by the fierce opposition of the Turks. The)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Mussulmans shouted after the retreating foe, clashed their weapons with the triumph of victory, and with a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(scornful laugh asked whether they would not come up again to give heart and brain to the scimitar and their)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(limbs to the falling beams of wood. The two captains, gnashing their teeth with fury, arranged their ranks)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(anew; for after three vain assaults they had to move closer together to fill the places of the slain and the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(mortally wounded. Meanwhile a murmur ran through the Christian army that a witch was fighting among)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(their foes and helping them to conquer.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Duke Alba rode to the point of attack, and looked scrutinizingly at the breach they had made. "Not yet)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(broken through the enemy here!" said he, shaking his head, "I am surprised. From two such youths, and such)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(troops, I should have expected it." "Do you hear that? Do you hear that?" exclaimed the two captains, as)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(they paced along their lines repeating the general's words. The soldiers shouted loudly, and demanded to be)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(once more led against the enemy; even those who were mortally wounded shouted, with a last effort,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td("Forward, comrades!" The great Alba at once sprang like an arrow from his horse, wrested a partisan from)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the stiff hand of one of the slain, and standing in front of the two companies he cried, "I will take part in your)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(glory. In the name of God and of the blessed Virgin, forward, my children!")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And joyfully they rushed up the hill, every heart beating with confidence, while the war-cry was raised)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(triumphantly; some even began already to shout "Victory! victory!" and the Mussulmans paused and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(wavered. Suddenly, like the vision of an avenging angel, a maiden, dressed in purple garments embroidered)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(with gold appeared in the Turkish ranks, and those who were terrified before again shouted "Allah!" calling at)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the same time, "Zelinda, Zelinda!" The maiden, however, drew a small box from under her arm, and opening)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(it she breathed into it and hurled it down among the Christian troops. And forth from the fatal chest there)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(burst a whole fire of rockets, grenades, and other fearful messengers of death. The startled soldiers paused in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(their assault. "Forward!" cried Alba. "Forward!" cried the two captains; but a flaming arrow just then)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(fastened on the duke's plumed hat and hissed and crackled round his head, so that the general fell fainting)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(down the height. Then the German and Spanish infantry fled uncontrollably from the fearful ascent. Again)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the storm had been repulsed. The Mussulmans shouted, and like a fatal star Zelinda's beauty shone in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(midst of the flying troops.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(When Alba opened his eyes, Heimbert was standing over him, with his mantle, arm, and face scorched with)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the fire, which he had not only just extinguished on his general's head, but by throwing himself over him he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(had saved him from a second body of flame rolled down the height in the same direction. The duke was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(thanking his youthful deliverer when some soldiers came up, looking for him, to apprise him that the Saracen)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(power was beginning an attack on the opposite wing of the army. Without losing a word Alba threw himself)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(on the first horse brought him and galloped away to the spot where the most threatening danger summoned)Tj
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0 -26.4 Td(Fadrique stood with his glowing eye fixed on the rampart, where the brilliant form of Zelinda might be seen,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(with a two-edged spear, ready to be hurled, uplifted by her snow-white arm, and raising her voice, now in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(encouraging tones to the Mussulmans in Arabic, and again speaking scornfully to the Christians in Spanish. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(At last Fadrique exclaimed, "Oh, foolish being! she thinks to daunt me, and yet she places herself before me,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(an alluring and irresistible war-prize!")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And as if magic wings had sprung from his shoulders, he began to fly up the height with such rapidity that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Alba's violent descent seemed but a lazy snail's pace. Before any one was aware, he was already on the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(height, and wresting spear and shield from the maiden, he had seized her in his arms and was attempting to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(bear her away, while Zelinda in anxious despair clung to the palisade with both her hands. Her cry for help)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(was unavailing, partly because the Turks imagined that the magic power of the maiden was annihilated by the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(almost equally wondrous deed of the youth, and partly also because the faithful Heimbert, quickly perceiving)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(his comrade's daring feat, had led both troops to a renewed attack, and now stood by his side on the height,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(fighting hand to hand with the defenders. This time the fury of the Mussulmans, weakened as they were by)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(superstition and surprise, could avail nothing against the heroic advance of the Christian soldiers. The)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Spaniards and Germans speedily broke through the enemy, assisted by the watchful squadrons of their army. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(The Mohammedans fled with frightful howling, the battle with its stream of victory rolled ever on, and the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(banner of the holy German empire and that of the royal house of Castile waved victorious over the glorious)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(battle-field before the walls of Tunis.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER VII.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(In the confusion of the conquering and the conquered, Zelinda had wrested herself from Fadrique's arms and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(had fled from him with such swiftness that, however much love and desire might have given wings to his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(pursuit, she was soon out of sight in a spot so well known to her. All the more vehement was the fury of the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(excited Spaniard against the infidel foe. Wherever a little host made a fresh stand to oppose the Christians,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(he would hasten forward with the troops, who ranged themselves round him, resistless as he was, as round a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(banner of victory, while Heimbert ever remained at his side like a faithful shield, guarding off many a danger)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(to which the youth, intoxicated with rage and success, exposed himself without consideration. The following)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(day they heard of Barbarossa's flight from the city, and the victorious troops advanced without resistance)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(through the gates of Tunis. Fadrique's and Heimbert's companies were always together.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Thick clouds of smoke began to curl through the streets; the soldiers were obliged to shake off the glowing)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and dusty flakes from their mantles and richly plumed helmets, where they often rested smouldering. "I trust)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the enemy in his despair has not set fire to some magazine full of powder!" exclaimed the thoughtful)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Heimbert; and Fadrique, allowing by a sign that he agreed with his surmise, hastened on to the spot from)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(whence the smoke proceeded, the troops courageously pressing after him.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The sudden turn of a street brought them in view of a magnificent palace, from the beautifully ornamented)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(windows of which the flames were emerging, looking like torches of death in their fitful glow, and lighting up)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the splendid building in the hour of its ruin in the grandest manner, now illuminating this and now that part of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the gigantic structure, and then again relapsing into a fearful darkness of smoke and vapor.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And like some faultless statue, the ornament of the whole edifice, there stood Zelinda upon a high and giddy)Tj
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0 -13.2 Td(to help her in saving the wisdom of centuries which was preserved in this building. The projection on which)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(she stood began to totter from the fervent heat raging beneath it, and a few stones gave way; Fadrique called)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(with a voice full of anguish to the endangered lady, and scarcely had she withdrawn her foot from the spot,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(when the stone on which she had been standing broke away and came rattling down on the pavement. )Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(Zelinda disappeared within the burning palace, and Fadrique rushed up its marble staircase, Heimbert, his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(faithful companion, following him.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Their hasty steps carried them through lofty resounding halls; the architecture over their heads was a maze of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(high arches, and one chamber led into another almost like a labyrinth. The walls displayed on all sides)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(magnificent shelves, in which were to be seen stored rolls of parchment, papyrus, and palm-leaf, partly)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(inscribed with the characters of long-vanished centuries, and which were now to perish themselves. For the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(flames were already crackling among them and stretching their serpent-like and fiery heads from one case of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(treasures to another; while some Spanish soldiers, barbarous in their fury, and hoping for plunder, and finding)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(nothing but inscribed rolls within the gorgeous building, passed from disappointment to rage, and aided the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(flames; the more so as they regarded the inscriptions as the work of evil magicians. Fadrique flew as in a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(dream through the strange half-consumed halls, ever calling Zelinda! thinking and regarding nothing but her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(enchanting beauty. Long did Heimbert remain at his side, until at length they both reached a cedar staircase)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(leading to an upper story; here Fadrique paused to listen, and exclaiming, "She is speaking up there! she is)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(speaking loud! she needs my help!" he dashed up the already burning steps. Heimbert hesitated a moment;)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(he saw the staircase already tottering, and he thought to give a warning cry to his companion; but at the same)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(moment the light ornamental ascent gave way and burst into flames. He could just see Fadrique clinging)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(above to a brass grating and swinging himself up to it, but all means of following him were destroyed. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Quickly recollecting himself, Heimbert lost no time in idly gazing, but hastened through the adjacent halls in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(search of another flight of steps which would lead him to his vanished friend.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Meanwhile Fadrique, following the enchanting voice, had reached a gallery in the midst of which, the floor)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(having fallen in, there was a fearful abyss of flames, though the pillars on each side were still standing. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Opposite to him the youth perceived the longed-for maiden, clinging with one hand to a pillar, while with the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(other she was threatening back some Spanish soldiers, who seemed ready at any moment to seize her, and her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(delicate foot was already hovering over the edge of the glowing ruins. For Fadrique to go to her was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(impossible; the breadth of the opening rendered even a desperate leap unavailing. Trembling lest his call)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(might make the maiden precipitate herself into the abyss, either in terror or despairing anger, he only softly)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(raised his voice and whispered as with a breath over the flaming gulf, "Oh, Zelinda, Zelinda! do not give way)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(to such frightful thoughts! Your preserver is here!" The maiden turned her queenly head, and when)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Fadrique saw her calm and composed demeanor, he cried to the soldiers on the other side, with all the thunder)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(of his warrior's voice, "Back, ye insolent plunderers! Whoever advances but one step to the lady shall feel)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the vengeance of my arm!" They started and seemed on the point of withdrawing, when one of their number)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(said, "The knight cannot touch us, the gulf between us is too broad for that. And as for the lady's throwing)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(herself down--it almost looks as if the young knight were her lover, and whoever has a lover is not likely to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(be so hasty about throwing herself down." All laughed at this and again advanced. Zelinda tottered at the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(edge of the abyss. But with the courage of a lion Fadrique had torn his target from his arm, and hurling it)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(with his right hand he flung it at the soldiers with such a sure aim that the rash leader, struck on the head, fell)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(senseless to the ground. The rest again stood still. "Away with you!" cried Fadrique authoritatively, "or my)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(dagger shall strike the next as surely, and then I swear I will never rest till I have found out your whole gang)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and appeased my rage." The dagger gleamed in the youth's hand, but yet more fearfully gleamed the fury in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(his eyes, and the soldiers fled. Then Zelinda bowed gratefully to her preserver, took up a roll of palm-leaves)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(which lay at her feet, and which must have previously slipped from her hand, and then vanished hastily)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(through a side-door of the gallery. Henceforth Fadrique sought her in vain in the burning palace.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER VIII.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(The great Alba held a council with his chief officers in an open place in the middle of the conquered city, and,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(by means of interpreters, sent question after question to the Turkish prisoners as to the fate of the beautiful)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(woman who had been seen animating them on the ramparts, and who was certainly the most exquisite)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(enchantress that had ever visited the earth. Nothing very distinct was to be gained from the answers, for)Tj
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0 -13.2 Td(acknowledged by the whole people, they were utterly unable to state from whence she had come to Tunis and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(whither she had now fled. When at last they began to threaten the prisoners as obstinate, an old Dervish,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(hitherto unnoticed, pressed forward and said, with a gloomy smile, "Whoever has a desire to seek the lady)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(may set out when he chooses; I will conceal nothing from him of what I know of her direction, and I know)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(something. But I must first of all receive the promise that I shall not be compelled to accompany as guide. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(My lips otherwise will remain sealed forever, and you may do with me as you will.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(He looked like one who intended to keep his word, and Alba, pleased with the firmness of the man, which)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(harmonized well with his own mind, gave him the desired assurance, and the Dervish began his relation. He)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(was once, he said, wandering in the almost infinite desert of Sahara, impelled perhaps by rash curiosity,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(perhaps by higher motives; he had lost his way there, and had at last, wearied to death, reached one of those)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(fertile islands of that sea of sand which are called oases. Then followed, sparkling with oriental vivacity, a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(description of the wonderful things seen there, now filling the hearts of his hearers with sweet longing, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(then again making their hair stand on end with horror, though from the strange pronunciation of the speaker)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and the flowing rapidity of his words the half was scarcely understood. The end of all this at length was that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Zelinda dwelt on that oasis, in the midst of the pathless sand-plains of the desert, surrounded by magic)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(horrors; and also, as the Dervish knew for certain, that she had left about half an hour ago on her way thither.)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(The almost contemptuous words with which he concluded his narration plainly showed that he desired)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(nothing more earnestly than to seduce some Christians to undertake a journey which must terminate inevitably)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(in their destruction. At the same time he added a solemn oath that everything was truly as he had stated it,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and he did this in a firm and grave manner, as a man who knows that he is speaking the most indubitable)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(truth. Surprised and thoughtful, the circle of officers held their council round him.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Then Heimbert stepped forward with an air as if of request; he had just received a summons to leave the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(burning palace, where he had been seeking his friend, and had been appointed to the place of council because)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(it was necessary to arrange the troops here in readiness for any possible rising in the conquered city. "What)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(do you wish, my young hero?" said Alba, recognizing him as he appeared. "I know your smiling, blooming)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(countenance well. You were but lately sheltering me like a protecting angel. I am so sure that you make no)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(request but what is honorable and knightly that anything you may possibly desire is granted beforehand." )Tj
0 -13.2 Td("My great Duke," replied Heimbert, with cheeks glowing with pleasure, "if I may then venture to ask a favor,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(will you grant me permission to follow the beautiful Zelinda at once in the direction which this wonderful)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Dervish has pointed out?" The great general bowed in assent, and added, "So noble an adventure could not)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(be consigned to a more noble knight!")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("I do not know that!" said an angry voice from the throng. "But well do I know that to me above all others)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(this adventure belongs, even were it assigned as a reward for the capture of Tunis. For who was the first on)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the height and within the city?" "That was Don Fadrique Mendez," said Heimbert, taking the speaker by the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(hand and leading him before the general. "If I now for his sake must forfeit my promised reward, I must)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(patiently submit; for he has rendered better service than I have done to the emperor and the army.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Neither of you shall forfeit his reward," said the great Alba. "Each has permission from this moment to seek)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the maiden in whatever way it seems to him most advisable.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And swift as lightning the two young captains quitted the circle of officers in opposite directions.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER IX.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(A sea of sand, stretching out in the distant horizon, without one object to mark its extensive surface, white and)Tj
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0 -13.2 Td(wanderer who has lost himself in these frightful regions. In this also it resembles the sea, that it casts up)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(waves, and often a misty vapor bangs over its surface. But there is not the soft play of waves which unite all)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the coasts of the earth; each wave as it rolls in bringing a message from the remotest and fairest island)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(kingdoms, and again rolling back as it were with an answer, in a sort of love-flowing dance. No; there is)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(here only the melancholy sporting of the hot wind with the faithless dust which ever falls back again into its)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(joyless basin, and never reaches the rest of the solid land with its happy human dwellings. There is here none)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(of the sweet cool sea-breeze in which kindly fairies seem carrying on their graceful sport, forming blooming)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(gardens and pillared palaces--there is only a suffocating vapor, rebelliously given back to the glowing sun)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(from the unfruitful sands.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Hither the two youths arrived at the same time, and paused, gazing with dismay at the pathless chaos before)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(them. Zelinda's track, which was not easily hidden or lost, had hitherto obliged them almost always to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(remain together, dissatisfied as Fadrique was at the circumstance, and angry as were the glances he cast at his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(unwelcome companion. Each had hoped to overtake Zelinda before she had reached the desert, feeling how)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(almost impossible it would be to find her once she had entered it. That hope was now at an end; and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(although in answer to the inquiries they made in the Barbary villages on the frontier, they heard that a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(wanderer going southward in the desert and guiding his course by the stars would, according to tradition,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(arrive at length at a wonderfully fertile oasis, the abode of a divinely beautiful enchantress, yet everything)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(appeared highly uncertain and dispiriting, and was rendered still more so by the avalanches of dust before the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(travellers' view.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The youths looked sadly at the prospect before them, and their horses snorted and started back at the horrible)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(plain, as though it were some insidious quicksand, and even the riders themselves were seized with doubt and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(dismay. Suddenly they sprung from their saddles, as at some word of command, unbridled their horses,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(loosened their girths, and turned them loose on the desert, that they might find their way back to some happier)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(dwelling place. Then, taking some provision from their saddle-bags, they placed it on their shoulders, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(casting aside their heavy riding boots they plunged like two courageous swimmers into the trackless waste.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER X.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(With no other guide than the sun by day, and by night the host of stars, the two captains soon lost sight of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(each other, and all the sooner, as Fadrique avoided intentionally the object of his aversion. Heimbert, on the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(other hand, had no thought but the attainment of his aim; and, full of joyful confidence in God's assistance, he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(pursued his course in a southerly direction.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Many nights and many days had passed, when one evening, as the twilight was coming on, Heimbert was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(standing alone in the endless desert, unable to descry a single object all round on which his eye could rest. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(His light flask was empty, and the evening brought with it, instead or the hoped-for coolness, a suffocating)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(whirlwind of sand, so that the exhausted wanderer was obliged to press his burning face to the burning soil in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(order to escape in some measure the fatal cloud. Now and then he heard something passing him, or rustling)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(over him as with the sound of a sweeping mantle, and he would raise himself in anxious haste; but he only)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(saw what he had already too often seen in the daylime--the wild beasts of the wilderness roaming at liberty)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(through the desert waste. Sometimes it was an ugly camel, then it was a long-necked and disproportioned)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(giraffe, and then again a long-legged ostrich hastening away with its wings outspread. They all appeared to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(scorn him, and he had already taken his resolve to open his eyes no more, and to give himself up to his fate,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(without allowing these horrible and strange creatures to disturb his mind in the hour of death.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Presently it seemed to him as if he heard the hoofs and neighing of a horse, and suddenly something halted)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(close beside him, and he thought he caught the sound of a man's voice. Half unwilling, he could not resist)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(raising himself wearily, and he saw before him a rider in an Arab's dress mounted on a slender Arabian)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(horse. Overcome with joy at finding himself within reach of human help, he exclaimed, "Welcome, oh, man,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(in this fearful solitude! If thou canst, succor me, thy fellow-man, who must otherwise perish with thirst!" )Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(Then remembering that the tones of his dear German mother tongue were not intelligible in this joyless)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(region, he repeated the same words in the mixed dialect, generally called the Lingua Romana, universally)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(used by heathens, Mohammedans, and Christians in those parts of the world where they have most intercourse)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(with each other.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The Arab still remained silent, and looked as if scornfully laughing at his strange discovery. At length he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(replied, in the same dialect, "I was also in Barbarossa's fight; and if, Sir Knight, our overthrow bitterly)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(enraged me then, I find no small compensation for it in the fact of seeing one of the conquerors lying so)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(pitifully before me." "Pitifully!" exclaimed Heimbert angrily, and his wounded sense of honor giving him)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(back for a moment all his strength, he seized his sword and stood ready for an encounter. "Oho!" laughed the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Arab, "does the Christian viper still hiss so strongly? Then it only behooves me to put spurs to my horse and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(leave thee to perish here, thou lost creeping worm!" "Ride to the devil, thou dog of a heathen!" retorted)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Heimbert; "rather than entreat a crumb of thee I will die here, unless the good God sends me manna in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(wilderness.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And the Arab spurred forward his swift steed and galloped away a couple of hundred paces, laughing with)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(scorn. Then he paused, and looking round to Heimbert he trotted back and said, "Thou seemest too good,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(methinks, to perish here of hunger and thirst. Beware! my good sabre shall touch thee.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Heimbert, who had again stretched himself hopelessly on the burning sand, was quickly roused to his feet by)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(these words, and seized his sword; and sudden as was the spring with which the Arab's horse flew toward him,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the stout German warrior stood ready to parry the blow, and the thrust which the Arab aimed at him in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Mohammedan manner he warded off with certainty and skill.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Again and again the Arab sprung; similarly here and there, vainly hoping to give his antagonist a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(death-blow. At last, overcome by impatience, he approached so boldly that Heimbert, warding off the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(threatening weapon, had time to seize the Arab by the girdle and drag him from the fast-galloping horse. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(The violence of the movement threw Heimbert also on the ground, but he lay above his opponent, and holding)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(close before his eyes a dagger, which he had dexterously drawn from his girdle, he exclaimed, "Wilt thou)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(have mercy or death?" The Arab, trembling, cast down his eyes before the gleaming and murderous weapon,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and said, "Show mercy to me, mighty warrior; I surrender to thee." Heimbert then ordered him to throw)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(away the sabre he still held in his right hand. He did so, and both combatants rose, and again sunk down)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(upon the sand, for the victor was far more weary than the vanquished.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The Arab's good horse meanwhile had trotted toward them, according to the habit of those noble animals, who)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(never forsake their fallen master. It now stood behind the two men, stretching out its long slender neck)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(affectionately toward them. "Arab," said Heimbert with exhausted voice, "take from thy horse what)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(provision thou hast with thee and place it before me." The vanquished man humbly did as he was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(commanded, now just as much submitting to the will of the conqueror as he had before exhibited his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(animosity in anger and revenge. After a few draughts of palm-wine from the skin, Heimbert looked at the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(youth under a new aspect; he then partook of some fruits, drank more of the palm-wine, and at length said,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td("You are going to ride still farther to-night, young man?" "Yes, indeed," replied the Arab sadly; "on a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(distant oasis there dwells my aged father and my blooming bride. Now--even if you set me at full)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(liberty--I must perish in the heat of this barren desert, for want of sustenance, before I can reach my lovely)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(home.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Is it, perhaps," asked Heimbert, "the oasis on which the mighty enchantress, Zelinda, dwells?")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Allah protect me!" cried the Arab, clasping his hands. "Zelinda's wondrous isle offers no hospitable shelter)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(to any but magicians. It lies far away in the scorching south, while our friendly oasis is toward the cooler)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(west.")Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc("I only asked in case we might be travelling companions," said Heimbert courteously. "If that cannot be, we)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(must certainly divide the provisions; for I would not have so brave a warrior as you perish, with hunger and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(thirst.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(So saying, the young captain began to arrange the provisions in two portions, placing the larger on his left and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the smaller at his right; he then desired the Arab to take the former, and added, to his astonished companion,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td("See, good sir, I have either not much farther to travel or I shall perish in the desert; I feel that it will be so. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Besides, I cannot carry half so much on foot as you can on horse-back.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Knight! victorious knight!" cried the amazed Mussulman, "am I then to keep my horse?")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("It were a sin and shame indeed," said Heimbert, smiling, "to separate such a faithful steed from such a skilful)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(rider. Ride on, in God's name, and get safely to your people.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(He then helped him to mount, and the Arab was on the point of uttering a few words of gratitude, when he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(suddenly exclaimed, "The magic maiden!" and, swift as the wind, he flew over the dusty plain. Heimbert,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(however, turning round, saw close beside him in the now bright moonlight a shining figure, which he at once)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(perceived to be Zelinda.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER XI.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(The maiden looked fixedly at the young soldier, and seemed considering with what words to address him,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(while he, after his long search and now unexpected success, was equally at a loss. At last she said in)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Spanish, "Thou wonderful enigma, I have been witness of all that has passed between thee and the Arab; and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(these affairs confuse my head like a whirlwind. Speak, therefore, plainly, that I may know whether thou art a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(madman or an angel?")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("I am neither, dear lady," replied Heimbert, with his wonted friendliness. "I am only a poor wanderer, who)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(has just been putting into practice one of the commands of his Master, Jesus Christ.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Sit down," said Zelinda, "and tell me of thy Master; he must be himself unprecedented to have such a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(servant. The night is cool and still, and at my side thou hast no cause to fear the dangers of the desert.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Lady," replied Heimbert, smiling, "I am not of a fearful nature, and when I am speaking of my dear Saviour)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(my mind is perfectly free from all alarm.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Thus saying, they both sat down on the now cooled sand and began a wondrous conversation, while the full)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(moon shone upon them from the deep-blue heavens above like a magic lamp.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Heimbert's words, full of divine love, truth, and simplicity sank like soft sunbeams, gently and surely, into)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Zelinda's, heart, driving away the mysterious magic power which dwelt there, and wrestling for the dominion)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(of the noble territory of her soul. When morning began to dawn she said, "Thou wouldst not be called an)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(angel last evening, but thou art truly one. For what else are angels than messengers of the Most High)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(God?" "In that sense," rejoined Heimbert, "I am well satisfied with the name, for I certainly hope that I am)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the bearer of my Master's message. Yes, if he bestows on me further grace and strength, it may even be that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(you also may become my companion in the pious work." "It is not impossible," said Zelinda thoughtfully. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td("Thou must, however, come with me to my island, and there thou shalt be regaled as is befitting such an)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(ambassador, far better than here on the desolate sand, with the miserable palm-wine that thou hast so)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(laboriously obtained.")Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc("Pardon me," replied Heimbert; "it is difficult to me to refuse the request of a lady, but on this occasion it)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(cannot be otherwise. In your island many glorious things have been conjured together by your forbidden art,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and many lovely forms which the good God has created have been transformed. These might dazzle my)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(senses, and at last delude them. If you will, therefore, hear the best and purest things which I can relate to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(you, you must rather come out to me on this desert sand. The palm-wine and the dates of the Arab will)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(suffice for me for many a day to come." "You would do better to come with me," said Zelinda, shaking her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(head with somewhat of a scornful smile. "You were certainly neither born nor brought up to be a hermit, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(there is nothing on my oasis so destructive as you imagine. What is there more than shrubs and flowers and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(beasts gathered together from different quarters of the world, perhaps a little strangely interwoven; each, that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(is to say, partaking of the nature of the other, in a similar manner to that which you must have seen in our)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Arabian carving! A moving flower, a bird growing on a branch, a fountain gleaming with fiery sparks, a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(singing twig--these are truly no hateful things!" "He must avoid temptation who does not wish to be)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(overcome by it," said Heimbert very gravely; "I am for the desert. Will it please you to come out to visit me)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(again?" Zelinda looked down somewhat displeased. Then suddenly bending her head still lower she)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(replied, "Yes; toward evening I shall be here again." And, turning away, she at once disappeared in the rising)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(whirlwind of the desert.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER XII.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(With the evening twilight the lovely lady returned and spent the night in converse with the pious youth,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(leaving him in the morning with her mind more humble, pure, and devout; and thus matters went on for many)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(days. "Thy palm-wine and thy dates must be coming to an end," said Zelinda one evening as she presented)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the youth with a flask of rich wine and some costly fruits. He, however, gently put aside the gift and said,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td("Noble lady, I would accept your gift gladly, but I fear some of your magic arts may perhaps cleave to it. Or)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(could you assure me to the contrary by Him whom you are now beginning to know?" Zelinda cast down her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(eyes in silent confusion and took her presents back. On the following evening, however, she brought similar)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(gifts, and, smiling confidently, gave the desired assurance. Heimbert then partook of them without)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(hesitation, and from henceforth the disciple carefully provided for the sustenance of her teacher in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(wilderness.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And so, as the blessed knowledge of the truth sank more and more deeply into Zelinda's soul, so that she was)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(often sitting till dawn before the youth, with cheeks glowing and hair dishevelled, her eyes gleaming with)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(delight and her hands folded, unable to withdraw herself from his words, he, on his part, endeavored to make)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(her sensible at all times that it was only Fadrique's love for her which had urged him, his friend, into this fatal)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(desert, and that it was this same love that had thus become the means for the attainment of her highest)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(spiritual good. She still well remembered the handsome and terrible captain who had stormed the height that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(he might clasp her in his arms; and she related to her friend how the same hero had afterward saved her in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(burning library. Heimbert too had many pleasant things to tell of Fadrique--of his high knightly courage, of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(his grave and noble manners, and of his love to Zelinda, which in the night after the battle of Tunis was no)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(longer concealed within his passionate breast, but was betrayed to the young German in a thousand)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(unconscious expressions between sleeping and waking. Divine truth and the image of her loving hero both at)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(once sank deep within Zelinda's heart, and struck root there with tender but indestructible power. Heimbert's)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(presence and the almost adoring admiration with which his pupil regarded him did not disturb these feelings,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(for from the first moment his appearance had something in it so pure and heavenly that no thoughts of earthly)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(love intruded. When Heimbert was alone he would often smile happily within himself, saying in his own)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(beloved German tongue, "It is indeed delightful that I am now able consciously to do the same service for)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Fadrique as he did for me, unconsciously, with his angelic sister." And then he would sing some German)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(song of Clara's grace and beauty, the sound of which rang with strange sweetness through the desert, while it)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(happily beguiled his solitary hours.)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(Once when Zelinda came in the evening twilight, gracefully bearing on her beautiful head a basket of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(provisions for Heimbert, he smiled at her and shook his head, saying, "It is inconceivable to me, sweet)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(maiden, why you ever give yourself the trouble of coming to me out here in the desert. You can indeed no)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(longer find pleasure in magic arts, since the spirit of truth and love dwells within you. If you would only)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(transform the oasis into the natural form in which the good God created it, I would go there with you, and we)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(should have far more time for holy converse." "Sir," replied Zelinda, "you speak truly. I too have thought)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(for some days of doing so and the matter would have been already set on foot, but a strange visitor fetters my)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(power. The Dervish whom you saw in Tunis is with me, and as in former times we have practised many)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(magic tricks with each other, he would like again to play the old game. He perceives the change in me, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(on that account urges me all the more vehemently and dangerously.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("He must either be driven away or converted," said Heimbert, girding on his shoulder-belt more firmly, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(taking up his shield from the ground. "Have the goodness, dear maiden," he continued, "to lead me to your)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(enchanted isle.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("You avoided it so before," said the astonished Zeiinda," and it is still unchanged in its fantastic form.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Formerly it would have been only inconsiderate curiosity to have ventured there," replied Heimbert. "You)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(came too out here to me, and that was better for us both. But now the old enemy might lay snares for the ruin)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(of all that the Lord has been working in you, and so it is a knightly duty to go. In God's name, then, to the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(work!")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And they hastened forward together, through the ever-increasing darkness of the plain, on their way to the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(blooming island.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER XIII.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(A charming breeze began to cool the heated brows of the travellers, and the twinkling starlight revealed in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(distance a grove, waving to and fro with the gentle motion of the air. Heimbert cast his eyes to the ground)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and said, "Go before me, sweet maiden, and guide my path to the spot where I shall find this threatening)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Dervish. I do not wish unnecessarily to see anything of these ensnaring enchantments.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Zelinda did as he desired, and the relation of the two was for a moment changed; the maiden had become the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(guide, and Heimbert, full of confidence, allowed himself to be led upon the unknown path. Branches were)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(even now touching his cheeks, half caressingly and playfully; wonderful birds, growing out of bushes, sang)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(joyful songs; over the velvet turf, upon which Heimbert ever kept his eyes fixed, there glided gleaming)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(serpents of green and gold, with little golden crowns, and brilliant stones glittered on the mossy carpet. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(When the serpents touched the jewels, they gave forth a silvery sound. But Heimbert let the serpents creep)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and the gems sparkle, without troubling himself about them, intent alone on following the footsteps of his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(guide.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("We are there!" said she with suppressed voice; and looking up he saw a shining grotto of shells, within which)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(he perceived a man asleep clad in golden scale-armor of the old Numidian fashion. "Is that also a phantom,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(there yonder in the golden scales?" inquired Heimbert, smiling; but Zelinda looked very grave and replied, )Tj
0 -13.2 Td("Oh, no! that is the Dervish himself, and his having put on this coat-of-mail, which has been rendered)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(invulnerable by dragon's blood, is a proof that by his magic he has become aware of our intention." "What)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(does that signify?" said Heimbert; "he would have to know it at last." And he began at once to call out, with)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(a cheerful voice, "Wake up, old sir, wake up! Here is an acquaintance of yours, who has matters upon which)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(he must speak to you.")Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(And as the Dervish opened his large rolling eyes, everything in the magic grove began to move, the water)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(began to dance, and the branches to intertwine in wild emulation, and at the same time the precious stones and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the shells and corals emitted strange and confusing melodies.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Roll and turn, thunder and play as you like!" exclaimed Heimbert, looking fixedly at the maze around him;)Tj
0 -13.2 Td("you shall not divert me from my own good path, and Almighty God has given me a good far-sounding)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(soldier's voice which can make itself heard above all this tumult." Then turning to the Dervish he said, "It)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(appears, old man, that you already know everything which has passed between Zelinda and me. In case,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(however, that it is not so, I will tell you briefly that she is already as good as a Christian, and that she is the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(betrothed of a noble Spanish knight. Place nothing in the way of her good intention; I advise you for your)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(own sake. But still better for your own sake would it be if you would become a Christian yourself. Discuss)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the matter with me, and first bid all this mad devilish show to cease, for our religion, dear sir, speaks of far too)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(tender and divine things to be talked of with violence or with the loud voice necessary on the field of war.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(But the Dervish, burning with hatred to the Christians, had not waited to hear the knight's last words when he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(rushed at him with his drawn scimitar. Heimbert merely parried his thrust, saying, "Take care of yourself,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sir! I have heard something of your weapons being charmed, but that will avail but little before my sword. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(It has been consecrated in holy places.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The Dervish sprang wildly back before the sword, but equally wildly did he spring to the other side of his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(adversary, who only with difficulty caught the terrible cuts of his weapon upon his shield. Like a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(gold-scaled dragon the Mohammedan swung himself round his antagonist with an agility which, with his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(long flowing white beard, was ghostly and horrible to witness. Heimbert was prepared to meet him on all)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sides, ever keeping a watchful eye for some opening in the scales made by the violence of his movements. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(At last it happened as he desired; between the arm and breast on the left side the dark garments of the Dervish)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(became visible, and quick as lightning the German made a deadly thrust. The old man exclaimed aloud,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td("Allah! Allah!" and fell forward, fearful even in his fall, a senseless corpse.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("I pity him!" sighed Heimbert, leaning on his sword and looking down on his fallen foe." He has fought)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(nobly, and even in death he called upon his Allah, whom he looked upon as the true God. He must not lack)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(honorable burial." He then dug a grave with the broad scimitar of his adversary, laid the corpse within it,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(covered it over with turf, and knelt on the spot in silent heartfelt prayer for the soul of the departed.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER XIV.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(Heimbert rose from his pious duty, and his first glance fell on Zelinda, who stood smiling by his side, and his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(second upon the wholly changed scene around. The rocky cavern and grotto had disappeared, the distorted)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(forms of trees and beasts, half terrible and half charming as they were, had vanished also; a gentle grassy hill)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sloped down on every side of the point where he stood, toward the sandy waste; springs gushed out here and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(there in refreshing beauty; date-trees bent over the little paths--everything, indeed, in the now opening day)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(was full of sweet and simple peace.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Thank God!" said Heimbert, turning to his companion, "you can now surely feel how infinitely more lovely,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(grand, and beautiful is everything as our dear Father has created it than it can be when transformed by the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(highest human art. The Heavenly Gardener has indeed permitted us, his beloved children, in his abundant)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(mercy, to help forward his gracious works, that we may thus become happier and better; but we must take)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(care that we change nothing to suit our own rash wilful fancies; else it is as if we were expelling ourselves a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(second time from Paradise." "It shall not happen again," said Zelinda humbly. "But may you in this solitary)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(region, where we are not likely to meet with any priest of our faith, may you not bestow on me, as one born)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(anew, the blessing of Holy Baptism?")Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(Heimbert, after some consideration, replied, "I hope I may do so. And if I am wrong, God will pardon me. )Tj
0 -13.2 Td(It is surely done in the desire to bring to him so worthy a soul as soon as possible.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(So they walked together, silently praying and full of smiling happiness, down to one of the pleasant springs of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the oasis, and just as they reached the edge and prepared themselves for the holy work the sun rose before)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(them as if to confirm and strengthen their purpose, and the two beaming countenances looked at each other)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(with joy and confidence. Heimbert had not thought of the Christian name he should bestow on his disciple,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(but as he scooped up the water, and the desert lay around him so solemn in the rosy glow of morning, he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(remembered the pious hermit Antony in his Egyptian solitude, and he baptized the lovely convert, Antonia.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(They spent the day in holy conversation, and Antonia showed her friend a little cave, in which she had)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(concealed all sorts of store for her sustenance when she first dwelt on the oasis. "For," said she, "the good)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(God is my witness that I came hither only that I might, in solitude, become better acquainted with him and his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(created works, without knowing at that time in the least of any magic expedients. Subsequently the Dervish)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(came, tempting me, and the horrors of the desert joined in a fearful league with his terrible power, and then by)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(degrees followed all that alluring spirits showed me either in dreams or awake.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Heimbert had no scruple to take with him for the journey any of the wine and fruits that were still fit for use,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and Antonia assured him that by the direct way, well known to her, they would reach the fruitful shore of this)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(waterless ocean in a few days. So with the approach of evening coolness they set out on their journey.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER XV.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(The travellers had almost traversed the pathless plain when one day they saw a figure wandering in the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(distance, for in the desolate Sahara every object is visible to the very horizon if the whirlwind of dust does not)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(conceal it from view. The wanderer seemed doubtful of his course, sometimes taking this, sometimes that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(direction, and Antonia's eastern falcon eye could discern that it was no Arab, but a man in knightly garb.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Oh, dear sister," exclaimed Heimbert, full of anxious joy, "then it is our poor Fadrique, who is in search of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(thee. For pity's sake, let as hasten before he loses us, and perhaps at last his own life also, in this)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(immeasurable waste." They strained every effort to reach the distant object, but it was now midday and the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sun shone burningly upon them, Antonia could not long endure this rapid progress; added to which the fearful)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(whirlwind soon arose, and the figure that had been scarcely visible before faded from their eyes, like some)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(phantom of the mist in autumn.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(With the rising moon they began anew to hasten forward, calling loudly upon the unfortunate wanderer, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(fluttering white handkerchiefs tied to their walking-staffs, as signal flags, hut it was all in vain. The object)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(that had disappeared remained lost to view. Only a few giraffes sprang shyly past them, and the ostriches)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(quickened their speed.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(At length, as morning dawned, Antonia paused and said, "Thou canst not leave me, brother, in this solitude,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and I cannot go a single step farther. God will protect the noble Fadrique. How could a father forsake such)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(a model of knightly excellence?" "The disciple shames the teacher," replied Heimbert, his sad face)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(brightening into a smile. "We have done our part, and we may confidently hope that God will come to the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(aid of our failing powers and do what is necessary." As he spoke he spread his mantle on the sand, that)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Antonia might rest more comfortably. Suddenly looking up, he exclaimed, "Oh, God! yonder lies a man,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(completely buried in the sand. Oh, that he may not be already dead!")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(He immediately began to sprinkle wine, from the flask he carried, on the brow of the fainting traveller, and to)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(chafe his temples with it. The man at last slowly opened his eyes and said, "I had hoped the morning dew)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(would not again have fallen on me, but that unknown and unlamented I might have perished here in the desert,)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(as must be the case in the end." So saying he closed his eyes again, like one intoxicated with sleep, but)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Heimbert continued his restoratives unwearyingly, and at length the refreshed wanderer half raised himself)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(from the sand with an exclamation of astonishment.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(He looked from Heimbert to his companion, and from her again at Heimbert, and suddenly exclaimed,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(gnashing his teeth, "Ha, was it to he thus! I was not even to be allowed to die in the dull happiness of quiet)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(solitude! I was to be first doomed to see my rival's success and my sister's shame!" At the same time he)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sprang to his feet with a violent effort and rushed forward upon Heimbert with drawn sword. But Heimbert)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(moved neither sword nor arm, and merely said, in a gentle voice, "Wearied out, as you now are, I cannot)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(possibly fight with you; besides, I must first place this lady in security." Antonia, who had at first gazed with)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(much emotion at the angry knight, now stepped suddenly between the two men and cried out, "Oh, Fadrique,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(neither misery nor anger can utterly disfigure you. But what has my noble brother done to you?" )Tj
0 -13.2 Td("Brother?" said Fadrique, with astonishment. "Or godfather, or confessor," interrupted Heimbert, "as you)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(will. Only do not call her Zelinda, for her name is now Antonia; she is a Christian, and waits to be your)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(bride." Fadrique stood fixed with surprise, but Heimbert's true-hearted words and Antonia's lovely blushes)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(soon revealed the happy enigma to him. He sank down before the longed-for form with a sense of exquisite)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(delight, and in the midst of the inhospitable desert the flowers of love and gratitude and confidence sent their)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sweetness heavenward.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(The excitement of this happy surprise at last gave way to bodily fatigue. Antonia, like some drooping)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(blossom, stretched her fair form on the again burning sand, and slumbered under the protection of her lover)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and her chosen brother. "Sleep also," said Heimbert softly to Fadrique; "you must have wandered about)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(wildly and wearily, for exhaustion is pressing down your eyelids with leaden weight. I am quite fresh, and I)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(will watch meanwhile." "Ah, Heimbert," sighed the noble Castilian, "my sister is thine, thou messenger from)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Heaven; that is an understood thing. But now for our affair of honor!" "Certainly," said Heimbert, very)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(gravely, "as soon as we are again in Spain, you must give me satisfaction for that over-hasty expression. Till)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(then, however, I beg you not to mention it. An unfinished quarrel is no good subject for conversation.")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Fadrique laid himself sadly down to rest, overcome by long-resisted sleep, and Heimbert knelt down with a)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(glad heart, thanking the good God for having given him success, and for blessing, him with a future full of)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(joyful assurance.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER XVI.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(The next day the three travellers reached the edge of the desert, and refreshed themselves for a week in an)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(adjacent village, which, with its shady trees and green pastures, seemed like a little paradise in contrast to the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(joyless Sahara. Fadrique's condition especially made this rest necessary. He had never left the desert during)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(the whole time, gaining his subsistence by fighting with wandering Arabs, and often almost exhausted by the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(utter want of all food and drink. At length he had become so thoroughly confused that the stars could no)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(longer guide him, and he had been driven about, sadly and objectless, like the dust clouds of the desert.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Even now, at times, when he would fall asleep after the midday meal, and Antonia and Heimbert would watch)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(his slumbers like two smiling angels, he would suddenly start up and gaze round him with a terrified air, and)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(then it was not till he had refreshed himself by looking at the two friendly faces that he would sink back again)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(into quiet repose. When questioned on the matter, after he was fully awake, he told them that in his)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(wanderings nothing had been more terrible to him than the deluding dreams which had transported him,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(sometimes to his own home, sometimes to the merry camp of his comrades, and sometimes into Zelinda's)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(presence, and then leaving him doubly helpless and miserable in the horrible solitude as the delusion)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(vanished. It was on this account that even now waking was fearful to him, and even in sleep a vague)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(consciousness of his past sufferings would often disturb him. "You cannot imagine it," he added. "To be)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(suddenly transported from well-known scenes into the boundless desert! And instead of the longed-for)Tj
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/F4 11 Tf 0 687 Td 0.000 Tc(enchanting face of my beloved, to see an ugly camel's head stretched over me inquisitively with its long neck,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(starting back as I rose with still more ugly timidity!")Tj
0 -26.4 Td(This, with all other painful consequences of his past miseries, soon wholly vanished, from Fadrique's mind,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and they cheerfully set out on their journey to Tunis. The consciousness, indeed, of his injustice to Heimbert)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(and its unavoidable results often lay like a cloud upon the noble Spaniard's brow, but it also softened the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(natural proud severity of his nature, and Antonia could cling the more tenderly and closely to him with her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(loving heart.)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Tunis, which had been before so amazed at Zelinda's magic power and enthusiastic hostility against the)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(Christians, now witnessed Antonia's solemn baptism in a newly-consecrated edifice, and soon after the three)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(companions took ship with a favorable wind for Malaga.)Tj
/F9 13.2 Tf 0 -28.6 Td(CHAPTER XVII.)Tj
/F4 11 Tf 0 -26.84 Td(Beside the fountain where she had parted from Heimbert, Dona Clara was sitting one evening in deep)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(thought. The guitar on her knees gave forth a few solitary chords, dreamily drawn from it, as it were, by her)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(delicate hands, and at length forming themselves into a melody, while the following words dropped softly)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(from her partly opened lips:)Tj
0 -26.4 Td("Far away, 'fore Tunis ramparts,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Where the Christian army lies,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Paynim host are fiercely fighting)Tj
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0 -26.4 Td( Who from bloodstained lilies there,)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(And death's roses pale and fair--)Tj
0 -26.4 Td(Who has borne the conquerer's prize?)Tj
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0 -26.4 Td(Such moments of extreme and sudden delight, the heavenly blessings long expected and rarely vouchsafed,)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(are better imagined by each after his own fashion, and it is doing but an ill service to recount all that this one)Tj
0 -13.2 Td(did and that one said. Picture it therefore to yourself, dear reader, after your own fancy, as you are certainly)Tj
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