fought well until our Cavalry and guns took[39] them in the rear, and,
had[40] it not been for the gallantry of the defenders of Kassassin,
would[41] have carried the position before our reinforcements came upon
the scene.
At[42] the time I left, the losses were unknown, but were[43] supposed to
be about twenty killed and a hundred wounded.
As[44] I am writing, Sir Garnet Wolseley and[45] the entire army are
marching to the front.—THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON “STANDARD.”
[1] there, +dortig+, which is an attributive adj., to be placed before
the noun ‘Infantry’.
[2] to have a hot time of it, +einen schweren Stand haben+.
[3] = narrow.
[4] +die Schanzgräben+.
[5] = camp.
[6] = stood.
[7] next to them = finally.
[8] Supply ‘regiment’.
[9] = whilst the insignificant entrenchments (+Verschanzungen+) swept
round in a semi-circle almost to (+bis zu+) the canal. ‘To sweep round,’
here +sich hin´schlängeln+, of which the pron. +sich+ must be placed
immediately after the subject, and the verb?
[10] +beritten+, adj.
[11] = who was wounded (S. 2, N. 1) and had received a shot through the
thigh.
[12] Nom. +das lebhafte Schießen+.
[13] = troops; were rapidly gaining ground = advanced rapidly (+schnell
vor´wärtsrücken+), sep. comp. w. v. intr. Where must you place the verb?
and where the separable particle?
[14] to rush into the entrenchments, +in die Schanzwerke dringen+ (str.
v.).
[15] on — rear, +an ihrer linken Flanke+.
[16] +und der darauf folgende un´erwartete Angriff unserer Kavallerie.+
[17] = had not terrified them (+einen in Schrecken jagen+).
[18] = extraordinarily.
[19] = if one considers (+bedenken+), that our troops were exposed to a
really murderous fire.
[20] = is wounded; in, +an+, contracted with the Dat. of the def. art.
[21] +Stabsarzt.+
[22] was — kills = and ten or a dozen (+zehn bis zwölf+) men (= privates,
+Gemeine+) are killed, but fortunately the Remington bullet (+Kugel+, f.)
is but (+nur+) rarely fatal (+ist ... von tödlicher Wirkung+).
[23] = quite full of. The wounded man, +der Verwundete+.
[24] = returned; in high spirits, +höchst erfreut+.
[25] to turn up, +sich wieder ein´stellen+; ‘in the morning’, here
+morgen früh+.
[26] = the; from their pursuit, +von ihrer Verfolgung+.
[27] Literally = could the Cavalry the cannons, which they had conquered,
not find again (+wiederfinden+).
[28] = the same.
[29] = the horsemen (+Kavalleristen+).
[30] = details, +Einzelheiten+.
[31] +ritt ich nach hier ab.+
[32] = send off.
[33] Commence a new period here, and say: ‘The distance from Kassassin to
here [Ismailia] is (+beträgt+) 24 miles’.
[34] = by no means, +keineswegs+, adv.
[35] = Notwithstanding the late hour.
[36] +Mannschaften.+
[37] on their march, +welche auf dem Marsch begriffen waren+.
[38] +Streitkräfte+, pl.; was = were; at 13,000, +an 13,000 Mann+.
[39] = attacked.
[40] +hätten die Verteidiger von Kassassin nicht eine solche Tapferkeit
bewiesen, so+, etc.
[41] = the enemy would.
[42] = When I rode away.
[43] = were estimated at (+auf+) about, etc.
[44] = Whilst.
[45] = with.
_Section 178._
HOW THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON WAS DECEIVED.
“I (S. 115, N. 1) got famously taken in[1] on that occasion,” said the
Duke of Wellington once. “The troops had[2] taken to plundering a good
deal. It was necessary to[3] stop it, and I issued an order announcing[4]
that the[5] first man taken in the act should be hanged upon the spot.
One day, just as we were sitting[6] down to dinner, three men[7] were
brought to the door of the tent by the provost. They had been taken in[8]
the act of plundering, and I had nothing for it[9] but to command that
they (S. 4, N. 4, +man+) should be taken away and hanged in some place
where they might be seen by the whole column in its march next day. I
had _a good_ many guests with[10] me on that day, and among the rest, I
think, Lord Nugent. They[11] seemed dreadfully shocked, and could not
eat _their dinner_. I did not eat myself, but, as I told them, I could
not indulge my feelings[12]; I must do my duty. Well[13], the dinner
went off rather gravely; and next morning, sure enough[14], three men in
uniform were seen hanging (S. 78, N. 14, _B_) from the branches of a tree
close to the high road. It was a terrible example, which produced[15] the
desired effect, for there was no more plundering. Some months afterwards
I learned that one of my staff[16] had taken counsel with Dr. Hume, and
as three men had (S. 29, N. 3) just died in the hospital, they had hung
them[17] up and let the three culprits return to their regiments.”
“Were you not very angry, Duke[18]?”
“Well[19], I suppose I was at first; but[20] as I had no wish to take
the poor fellows’ lives and only wanted the example, and as the example
had the desired effect (S. 27, N. 8), my anger soon died out[21], and
I confess to you that[22] I am very glad now that the three lives were
spared.”—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES.
[1] to be famously taken in, +gehörig angeführt werden+; once, +eines
Tages+.
[2] = had begun to plunder; a good deal, +tüchtig+.
[3] to — it = to make an end of this nuisance, +diesem Unwesen ein Ende
zu machen+.
[4] announcing that = according to which, +wonach+.
[5] the — act = the first man (+der erste+) whom one would take in the
act. To take a person in the act, +einen auf frischer That ertappen+.
[6] to sit down to dinner, +sich zu Tische setzen+.
[7] +Leute.+
[8] in — plundering, +beim Plündern+.
[9] He has nothing for it, +es bleibt ihm nichts anderes übrig+; but,
+als+; in, +an+; might = could, Impf. Subj.; column = army; in its march,
+vorbeimarschierend+, adj. qualifying ‘army’.
[10] +bei+; place ‘I think’ after ‘and’; among the rest = among others.
[11] = These seemed to be very much shocked (+ergriffen+) at (+von+) the
occurrence.
[12] to indulge one’s feelings, +seinen Gefühlen freien Lauf lassen+.
[13] +Gut+; went — gravely, +ging ein wenig ernsthaft vonstatten+.
[14] +auch wirklich+, which place after the subject, and construe the
sentence in the Active Voice with the pron. man; men = soldiers.
[15] = had. There was no more talking, +es wurde nicht mehr gesprochen+.
[16] = one of my staff-officers (+Stabsoffiziere+); to take counsel in a
matter with a friend, +eine Sache mit einem Freunde besprechen+.
[17] = these; culprits = condemned men (+der Verurteilte+, Nom. Sing.).
[18] +Waren Eure (Ew.) Hoheit nicht sehr erzürnt darüber?+
[19] +Nun ja, anfangs vielleicht war ich’s.+
[20] = however (+aber+), since I did not wish (+wollen+) the death of the
poor fellows, but (+sondern+) only the example (Here follows the verb).
[21] ‘to die out’, here +ersterben+, insep. comp. str. v.
[22] To avoid a repetition of subordinate clauses, say: ‘that I am very
glad (+froh+) now at (+über+) the preservation (+Rettung+) of the 3 men
(+Leute+).
_Section 179._
A LETTER FROM DR. HENRY DANSON TO[1] MR. JOHN FORSTER, ON[2] CHARLES
DICKENS’S[3] SCHOOL-LIFE.
I.
My impression is[4] that I was a schoolfellow of Dickens for nearly
two years. He left[5] before me, I think about fifteen years of age.
The school, called (S. 7, N. 3, _B_) _the_ Wellington Academy, was in
_the_ Hampstead Road at the north-east corner of Granby Street. The
school-house was afterwards taken down[6] on account of the London and
North-Western Railway. It was considered at the time[7] a very superior
sort of school, one of the best indeed[8] in that part of London; but it
was most shamefully mismanaged[9], and the boys[10] made but very little
progress. The proprietor, Mr. Jones, was a Welshman[11]; a most[12]
ignorant fellow, and a mere tyrant, whose chief employment was[13] to
scourge the boys. Dickens has[14] given a very lively account of this
place in his paper _entitled_ “Our School,” but it is very mythical in
many respects, and[15] more especially in the compliment he pays in it
to himself. I do not remember that Dickens distinguished himself in
any way[16], or carried off _any_ prizes. My belief is[17] that he did
not learn Greek or Latin there, and you will remember[18] there is no
allusion to the classics in _any of_ his writings. He was a handsome,
curly-headed lad[19], full of animation and animal spirits, and[20]
probably was connected with every mischievous prank in the school.
[1] +an.+
[2] +über.+
[3] +~Charles Dickens~, geboren den 7. Febr. 1812 zu Portsmouth,
gestorben den 9. Juni 1870 auf seinem Landsitze bei London, begann seine
schriftstellerische Thätigkeit unter dem angenommenen Namen Boz, welcher
ihn schnell berühmt machte. Er begründete seinen Ruf als englischer
Humorist durch die+ ‘Sketches of London’ (1836), +und namentlich durch
die+ ‘Pickwick Papers’ (1837), +welches unstreitig das beliebteste, aber
auch vielleicht das beste seiner zahlreichen Werke ist. Er gründete
1845 die Zeitung+ ‘Daily News’, +sowie 1850 die Zeitschrift+ ‘Household
Words’, +welche seit 1860 den Titel+ ‘All the year round’ +führt. Er
besuchte zweimal, im Jahre 1842 und 1868, die Vereinigten Staaten
von Nord Amerika, von wo er das zweite Mal durch seine vielbesuchten
Vorlesungen aus seinen eigenen Werken eine reiche Ernte heimführte. Von
seinen späteren Werken sind+ ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘Nicholas Nickleby’, ‘David
Copperfield’, ‘Dombey and Son’, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, +und+ ‘A Christmas
Carol’ +die bekanntesten und besten. Es mag interessant sein, hier zu
bemerken, daß seit dem Tode des berühmten und höchst beliebten Verfassers
(d. h. in 16 Jahren) von seinen Werken 4,539,000 Bände verkauft worden
sind.+
[4] = I remember still, that, etc. Place the advl. circumstance of time
‘for — years’ before ‘a — Dickens’.
[5] Supply ‘the school’ here; before me = earlier than I; I think = and
as I think.
[6] to take down (of buildings), +nie´derreißen+.
[7] +damals+; I consider this a very superior sort of school, +ich halte
dies für eine ganz vorzügliche Schule.+
[8] one — indeed = and was indeed (+auch wirklich+) one of the best.
[9] This institution is most shamefully mismanaged, +diese Anstalt wird
ganz außerordentlich schlecht verwaltet+.
[10] boys = school-boys or pupils, +Schüler+; to make little progress,
+geringe Fortschritte machen+.
[11] +Waliser.+
[12] most = highly, +höchst+; ‘fellow’, here = man; ‘mere’, here = real,
+wahr+.
[13] +darin bestand+ (comp. S. 87, N. 6); to scourge = to chastise,
+züchtigen+.
[14] Insert ‘to us’ after the auxiliary; of, +über+; place = institution;
‘paper’, here +Schrift+, f. Place ‘in — School’ after ‘to us’.
[15] +und zwar besonders in Bezug auf die Schmeicheleien, die er sich
selbst darin zollt.+
[16] in any way = ever, +je+; to carry off prizes, +Schulpreise
erhalten+. Use the verbs in the Pluperfect Subjunctive, accord. to App. §
33; the auxiliary, however, must be used but once, and this at the very
end.
[17] = I believe; not ... or = neither ... nor.
[18] = and you know. Is there no allusion to the classics? +bezieht er
sich nie auf die klassische Litteratur?+
[19] = He was a handsome boy with curly hair. Full — spirits = +voller
Leben und Lebenskraft+.
[20] = who; to be connected with an action, +bei einer Handlung beteiligt
sein+; a mischievous prank, +ein mutwilliger Possenstreich+.
_Section 180._
A LETTER FROM DR. HENRY DANSON TO MR. JOHN FORSTER, ON CHARLES DICKENS’S
SCHOOL-LIFE.
II.
I do not think (S. 64, N. 11) he[1] came in for any of Mr. Jones’s
scourging propensity; in fact, together with myself, he was only a
day-pupil, and[2] with these there was a wholesome fear of tales being
carried home to the parents. His personal appearance at that time[3] is
vividly brought home to me in the portrait of him taken a few years later
by Mr. Lawrence. He resided (S. 116, N. 17) with[4] his friends, in a
very small house in a street leading out of Seymour Street, north of Mr.
Judkin’s chapel.
Depend on it, he was _quite_ a self-made man, and his wonderful knowledge
and command (+Beherrschung+, f.) of the English language must[5] have
been acquired by long and patient study after leaving his last school.
I have no recollection of the boy you name[6]. Dickens’s chief[7]
associates were, I think[8], Tobin, Mr. Thomas, Bray, and myself. The
first named[9] was his chief ally, and his acquaintance with him appears
to have continued many[10] years _afterwards_. About that time[11] the
Penny and Saturday magazines (S. 71, N. 2) were published weekly, and
_were_ greedily read by (S. 106, N. 23) us. We kept bees, white mice, and
other living things, clandestinely[12], in our desks, and the mechanical
arts were a good deal cultivated, in[13] the shape of coach-building, and
making pumps and boats, the motive power of which was the white mice.
I think at that time Dickens took to writing[14] small tales, and we
had a sort _of_ club for[15] lending and circulating them. Dickens was
also very strong[16] in using a sort of lingo, which made us[17] quite
unintelligible to bystanders.
[1] = that he had to suffer from the scourging propensity (+Prügelmanie+,
f.) of his teacher, for, like myself, etc.
[2] +und diesen gegenüber war stets zu befürchten, daß sie bei den Eltern
zu Hause aus der Schule plaudern würden.+
[3] +Sein damaliges Aussehen+; is vividly brought home to me = is again
vividly brought (+führen+) before my (S. 43, N. 9, _A_ and _B_) eyes;
in — Lawrence (Liter.) = ‘through the some years later by (+von+) Mr.
L. painted picture of him’, which place immediately after the copula
(+wird+) and the dative of the personal pronoun indicating the possessor.
[4] +bei+; in — Street = in a side-street (comp. n. S. 76, N. 22, _B_
[+n+]), not far from Seymour Street.
[5] must — acquired = he must have acquired. To acquire, +sich erwerben+,
insep. comp. str. v. refl.; by, +durch+; ‘long’, here +langjährig+; after
— school = after his school-time.
[6] = I cannot remember (+sich einer Sache erinnern+) the boy whose name
you mention (+an´führen+).
[7] +hauptsächlich+, adj.
[8] Inverted constr.
[9] +Ersterer+; render ‘chief ally’ by a comp. n., and turn ‘chief’ by
+Haupt+.
[10] Insert the adv. +noch+ before ‘many’; to continue, +fort´dauern+.
[11] +Um diese Zeit.+
[12] to keep clandestinely, +versteckt halten+; things = creatures; a —
cultivated, +eifrig geübt+.
[13] in — mice = for we made coaches, pumps and boats, which then were
set in motion by the white mice.
[14] took to writing = began to write.
[15] for — them, Liter. = among (+unter+) the members of which the same
(to agree with ‘tales’) circulated (+zirkulieren+).
[16] = great; in — lingo, +im Gebrauch einer gewissen kauderwälschen
Geheimsprache+.
[17] made us = was; to bystanders = to the uninitiated, +den
Uneingeweihten+.
_Section 181._
A LETTER FROM DR. HENRY DANSON TO MR. JOHN FORSTER, ON CHARLES DICKENS’S
SCHOOL-LIFE.
III.
We were very strong, too, in theatricals[1]. We mounted[2] small
theatres, and got up very gorgeous scenery to[3] illustrate “The Miller
and his Men,” and other pieces. I remember the[4] present _Mr._ Beverley,
the scene painter, assisted us in this (S. 4, N. 5). Dickens was always
the leader[5] at these plays, which were occasionally presented with
much solemnity before an audience[6] of boys, and in _the_ presence of
the ushers. My brother, assisted by Dickens, got up[7] “The Miller and
his Men” in a very gorgeous form. Master[8] Beverley constructed the
mill for us, in such a way[9] that it could tumble to pieces with the
assistance of crackers. At one representation, the fireworks in the last
scene, ending with the destruction of the mill, were so _very_ real[10]
that the police interfered, and knocked violently at the door. Dickens’s
after-taste for theatricals might have had[11] its origin in these small
affairs.
I quite[12] remember Dickens[13] one day heading us in Drummond Street
in pretending to be poor boys, and asking the passers-by for charity,
especially old ladies, one of whom told[14] us she had no money for
beggar-boys.
On these adventures, and especially when the old ladies were quite
staggered[15] by the impudence of the demand, Dickens would explode with
laughter and then take to his heels.
I met him one Sunday morning shortly after he had left the school,
and[16] we very piously attended the morning service at Seymour Street
chapel. I am sorry to say[17] Master[18] Dickens did not attend in the
slightest degree to the service, but (S. 6, N. 10) incited me to laughter
by declaring (S. 111, N. 6) his dinner was ready, and the potatoes would
be spoiled[19]. In fact, he behaved in such a manner[20] that it was
lucky for us we were not ejected from the chapel.—FROM J. FORSTER’S “LIFE
OF CHARLES DICKENS.”
[1] +in theatralischen Aufführungen.+
[2] = made; to get up, +verfertigen+.
[3] Say ‘to illustrate (+in Scene setzen+) the piece’, etc. Men, +Leute+.
[4] = that the; scene painter, +Dekorationsmaler+, which is best placed
before the name.
[5] +der Tonangeber+; at, +bei+.
[6] = assembly; boys = pupils; ushers = assistant masters, +Unterlehrer+.
[7] to get up, +in Scene setzen+, of which the part ‘+in Scene+’ is to be
treated like the separable particle of a comp. sep. verb. Place the verb
immediately after ‘brother’, and supply ‘the piece’ before ‘The — Men’;
In — form = very (+ganz+) gorgeously.
[8] = The young.
[9] +auf solche Weise+; with the assistance, +mit Hülfe+.
[10] +realistisch+; to interfere, +sich hineinmischen+.
[11] might have had = perhaps had. Commence the sentence with ‘Perhaps’.
‘After-taste’, +Vorliebe+, f.; affairs = performances, +Vorstellungen+.
[12] +noch ganz deutlich.+
[13] = that Dickens led (+an´leiten+) us one day in Drummond Street
to pretend to be (+sich gebärden ... als+) poor boys and to ask the
passers-by for (+um+) alms (+milde Gaben+).
[14] = observed (+bemerken+).
[15] ‘to be quite staggered’, here +ganz verblüfft da´stehen+; by —
demand = through the impudent demand; to explode with laughter, +vor
Lachen fast bersten+; to take to one’s heels, +schnell davon laufen+; and
— heels = and ran then quickly away.
[16] = and we went very (+ganz+) piously to church in Seymour St., to
attend the morning service (+um dem Morgengottesdienste beizuwohnen+).
[17] +Ich muß leider bekennen.+
[18] = that the young D. not paid the least attention to the service. To
pay attention to a thing, +einer Sache Aufmerksamkeit widmen+.
[19] = would get cold.
[20] = He behaved really so. That — us = that we must (Impf.) esteem
(+schätzen+) ourselves lucky, not to be ejected from church.—He was
ejected from church, +er wurde aus der Kirche geworfen+.
_Section 182._
SIR JOSEPH PAXTON[1].
Sir Joseph Paxton was acting as gardener to[2] the Duke of Devonshire
when the Committee of the Exhibition of 1851 advertised for plans of a
building. The architects and engineers seem to have been very much at
fault[3] when Paxton submitted his design, and its novelty and remarkable
suitability for the purposes intended, at once secured its adoption[4].
The first sketch was made upon a piece of blotting-paper in the rooms of
the Midland Railway Company[5] at Derby; and the first rough[6] sketch
indicated[7] the principal features of the building as accurately as the
most finished drawings which were afterwards prepared. The great[8] idea
of the Crystal Palace was as palpable[9] on the blotting-paper as if it
had been set forth in all the glory of water-colour and gold-framing[10].
Was it a sudden idea,—an inspiration of genius[11],—flashing upon the
mind of one[12] who, though no architect, must at least[13] have been
something like a poet?—Not at all[14]. The architect of the Crystal
Palace was simply a man who cultivated opportunities[15],—a laborious,
painstaking[16] man, whose life had been a life of labour, of diligent
self-improvement, of assiduous cultivation of knowledge[17]. As[18] Sir
Joseph Paxton himself has shown, in a lecture before the Society of Arts,
the idea was slowly and patiently elaborated by experiments extending
over many years[19]. The Exhibition of 1851 merely afforded him _the_
opportunity of putting forward his idea[20]—the right thing at the right
time—and the result was what we have seen.—S. SMILES, “SELF-HELP.”
[1] +~Joseph Paxton~, geb. den 3. Aug. 1803, gest. den 8. Juni 1865,
wurde zunächst Kunstgärtner beim Herzog von Devonshire, zeichnete sich
jedoch bald durch seine genialen Schöpfungen so sehr aus, daß der Herzog
ihn zum Gartendirektor und Verwalter seiner großartigen Besitzung in
Chatsworth ernannte. Die wundervollen Gartenanlagen und Gewächshäuser
daselbst legen noch heute Zeugnis ab von seiner Genialität. Das große
Gewächshaus, welches aus Eisen und Glas erbaut und 300 Fuß lang und 140
Fuß breit ist, diente ihm später als Grundlage des von ihm eingereichten
Entwurfes für das Ausstellungsgebäude von 1851 im Hyde Park zu London
und des später von ihm in Sydenham errichteten Krystalpalastes. Seine
Verdienste um die große Weltindustrieausstellung von 1851 wurden von
der Königin dadurch anerkannt, daß sie ihm die Ritterwürde verlieh. Sir
Joseph Paxton wurde im Jahre 1854 zum Parlamentsmitgliede für Coventry
gewählt und hat sich um die Baukunst und das Eisenbahnwesen manche
Verdienste erworben. Er ist auch der Verfasser vieler Zeitschriften und
Werke über die Gartenkunst.+
[2] to act as gardener to a person, +bei einem als Kunstgärtner
angestellt sein+; advertised — building, +öffentlich zur Einsendung von
Plänen für ein Ausstellungsgebäude aufforderte+. I propose to commence
the period with the subordinate clause ‘when — building’.
[3] to be very much at fault, +in großer Verlegenheit sein+; to submit a
design (of a building), +einen Entwurf ein´reichen+.
[4] and — adoption = and as the same (agreeing with +Entwurf+) was quite
new and remarkably suitable to its purpose (+zweckentsprechend+), it was
at once accepted.
[5] in — company = in the waiting-rooms of the railway station.
[6] = hasty, +flüchtig+.
[7] +an´deuten.+
[8] = grand, +großartig+.
[9] +klar dargestellt+, p. p.
[10] as — framing = as if one had embellished (+aus´schmücken+) it with
beautiful water-colours and gold framing.
[11] an — genius = the inspiration of a genius (+Genie+, n., pronounced
as in French).
[12] flashing — one = which suddenly (+auf einmal+) filled the mind of a
man.
[13] Insert the adv. +doch+ before ‘at least’ (+mindestens+); something
like = more or less.
[14] +Ganz und gar nicht!+
[15] to cultivate opportunities, +Gelegenheiten zu benutzen wissen+.
[16] +strebsam+; of = full of, +voller+.
[17] of — knowledge, +und unverdrossenen Strebens nach Kenntnissen+.
[18] = Like, +wie+; has shown = declared; in — Arts, +in einem vor dem
Kunstvereine gehaltenen Vortrage+, which place immediately after the
subject.
[19] ‘by — years’ may be briefly rendered by +durch langjährige Versuche+
or +Experimente+, which place after ‘idea’; slowly = gradually;
patiently, +beharrlich+; to elaborate, +aus´arbeiten+.
[20] of — idea = to bring his idea before (+vor+) the public
(+Öffentlichkeit+, f.); the right thing, +das Rechte+; at, +zu+,
contracted with the def. art.
_Section 183._
REBECCA DESCRIBES THE SIEGE OF TORQUILSTONE (App. § 5) TO THE WOUNDED
IVANHOE[1].
I.
“And I must lie here like a bed-ridden[2] monk,” exclaimed Ivanhoe,
“while the game[3] that gives me[4] freedom or death is played out by
_the hands of_ others! Look from the window[5] once again, kind maiden,
but beware that you are not marked by the archers[6]. Look out once more,
and tell me if[7] they yet advance[8] to the storm.”
With patient[9] courage, strengthened by the interval which she had
employed in mental devotion[10], Rebecca again took post[11] at the
lattice, sheltering herself[12], however, by means of a large _and_
ancient shield so as not to be visible from beneath[13].
“What dost thou see, Rebecca?” again demanded the wounded knight.
“Nothing but the[14] cloud of arrows flying so thick as to dazzle mine
eyes[15], and to hide the bowmen who shoot them.”
“That cannot endure[16],” said Ivanhoe; “if they press not right on[17]
to carry the castle by pure force of arms (S. 27, N. 8), the archery
may[18] avail but little against stone walls and bulwarks. Look for[19]
the Black Knight, fair Rebecca, and see how he bears himself[20]; for as
the leader _is_, so will his followers be[21].”
“I see him not,” said Rebecca.