Chapter 31 Chapter Twenty Nine

"Whose entourage is this?" Jurand asked Rajanov, suddenly coming out of his thoughts, as if waking up from a dream. "Mine," replied Zbyszko. "Are all my men dead?" "I saw them all die in Niedzbosch." "Are all my old comrades in arms over?" Zbyszko made no reply, and they hurried on in silence, for they had to get to Spychow as soon as possible, where they hoped to meet the messenger of the Crusader knights.As luck would have it, it was icy again, and the road was solid, so they could go fast. At dusk Jurand spoke again, and asked about the Magi of the Crusader Order who had been to the Forest Palace, and Zbyszko told him everything; about their complaints, their departure , the death of de Fauci, and how his attendants crushed Dunwiert's arm very badly, and while he was talking, he remembered one thing very clearly, that is, from Dunwiert brought a healing The ointment came to the woman in the forest palace.So at the top of the road he asked the Czech and Sandrus about her, but neither of them knew where she was.They thought that the woman might have gone away with those who had come to rob Danusia, or perhaps not long after they had gone.It now occurred to Zbyszko that she might have been sent on purpose to inform the group—to inform them in time if she saw Jurand at the court, so that they would play by ear, not from Spykhov came, and instead of producing the falsified Jurand's letter, he presented another prepared letter to His Excellency, and all this was so cleverly arranged that the It was the first time that the young knight who had learned from the Teutonics on the battlefield thought that they could not be dealt with with fists alone, but with their brains.The thought was unpleasant to him, for his great grief had crystallized into a desire for fighting and bloodshed.He had thought in his mind that, even to save Danusia, he could only resort to combat, or two armies against each other, or hand-to-hand combat; but now he saw that his revenge and his desire to split the head Perhaps it must be restrained, like a wild bear in chains; Danusia must be freed in another way.Thinking of this, he regretted that Macko was not with him.Macko is smart and brave.He secretly decided to send Sandrus from Spychov to Szttno to look for the woman and try to find out from her about Danusia.He thought that even if Sandros were to betray him, it would not be a bad thing in the matter, but might be a great help, because his business allowed him to move around.However, he wanted to discuss it with Jurand first, but on second thought, let's talk about it in Spyhof, mainly because it was already dark, and he only thought that Jurand was already in the knight's seat because of exhaustion and extreme anxiety. Fell asleep in the high saddle.In fact, Jurand sat on the horse with his head bowed, only because he was dejected by the misfortune that had happened to him.He had evidently been thinking about it all the time, with extreme terror, for he said suddenly:

"I'd rather freeze to death at Niedzbosch's side! Did you dig me out?" "I and others dug you up." "During that hunt, were you the one who saved my child?" "Can I still help?" "Now, will you help me too?" At this moment, Zbyszko's deep love for Danusia and hatred for the Teutonic outlaws welled up in his heart at the same time, and he immediately stood up in the saddle, gritted his teeth, and with great effort said these words: "Listen to me: if I had to gnaw a Prussian castle with my teeth, I'd have to gnaw it to get her out."

Then, there was a moment of silence. Jurand's vengeful, irresistible nature seemed to be fully aroused under the influence of Zbyszko's words, for in the darkness he began to gnash his teeth, and after a while he repeated the names: Deng Werther, De Lauf, Rotgier and Godfried!He thought that if they asked him to release de Bergov, he would release him; if they asked for an extra sum, he would give it, even if he had to sacrifice the whole of Spychoff as a price, That's fine; but those guys who offend his only daughter, he will make them suffer after all! The two knights did not close their eyes all night.Next morning they hardly knew each other; but in one night their countenances had changed so much.At last Jurand was struck by the anguish and mortal hatred on Zbyszko's face, and he said: "She saved you, snatched you from death—I know that. But you also Do you love her?"

Zbyszko looked him straight in the eyes with an almost defiant air, and replied: "She is my wife." At this Jurand reined in his horse, looked at Zbyszko and blinked in surprise. "What did you say?" he asked. "I said she was my wife and I was her husband." The knight of Spyhof wiped his eyes with his sleeve, as if suddenly blinded by a sudden thunderclap, and after a while, without answering a word, he rode his horse forward and ran to the head of the column, Continue on your way in silence.