قراءة كتاب A Gentleman-at-Arms: Being Passages in the Life of Sir Christopher Rudd, Knight
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A Gentleman-at-Arms: Being Passages in the Life of Sir Christopher Rudd, Knight
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DRAWINGS BY T. H. ROBINSON
I LAY HID UNTIL THE MAN HAD COME FORTH AND GONE HIS WAY
HE CAUGHT THE SWIMMER AS HE WAS ON THE POINT OF SINKING
THE SPANIARDS LEAPT INTO THE RAVINE AND CLAMBERED UP THE OTHER SIDE
THE SWIFTNESS OF OUR ONSET TOOK THE SPANIARDS ALL ABACK
WE OPENED THE CHESTS IN HIS PRESENCE
I FELT A SHARP PANG IN THE CALF OF MY LEFT LEG
A FIGURE SPRANG AT ME OUT OF THE DARK ENTRY
I SAW A MAN LYING IN A HUDDLED HEAP
WE CREPT SOFTLY AS FOXES TOWARD THE WALL
"SIR, YOU COME FROM THE ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE MAURICE OF NASSAU?"
RIGHT MERRY WERE THE CITIZENS AT THE SUCCESS OF OUR ENTERPRISE
VOLMAR READ THE LETTER BY THE AID OF A LANTERN
I BEHELD THREE MEN AS BLACK BLOTS MOVING IN THE DARKNESS
"TO-MORROW THE ORDER WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD TO ARREST YOU"
I FOUND SIR WALTER IN HIS GARDEN
HE THRUST INTO MY HAND SOME PAPERS
I BETOOK MYSELF TO AN APOTHECARY'S
"OUT OF MY SIGHT, RAPSCALLION!"
SHOWING HIM MY DAGGER, I BADE HIM HOLD HIS PEACE
HE PLIED THE WHIP RIGHT MERRILY
THEY DID BUT MOCK ME WITH JEERS AND HORRID EXECRATIONS
"I WILL SURELY EXECUTE UPON YOU ANY VIOLENCE OR INDIGNITY THAT MY FATHER MAY SUFFER"
GATHERING MY SPEED, IN FOUR LEAPS I WAS UPON HIM
HE CLUTCHED ME BY THE ARM AND POINTED TO A REGIMENT OF DUSKY SHAPES
I CROSSED THE GUARD OF RORY MAC SHANE, AND GAVE HIM THE POINT OF MY SWORD