The Knights of the Cross - or, Krzyzacy by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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than ten miles; the horses are exhausted. What a large urus! Did you
notice? He must have at least three of my arrows in him; the last one killed him." "He was killed by the last, but it was not yours; this knight killed him." Jagienka threw her hair back and looked at Zbyszko sharply, but not very friendly. "Do you know who he is?" asked Zych. "I do not know." "No wonder you do not recognize him, because he has grown. Perhaps you will recognize old Macko of Bogdaniec?" "For God's sake! is that Macko of Bogdaniec?" exclaimed Jagienka. Having approached the wagon, she kissed Macko's hand. "It is you?" "Yes, it is I; but I am obliged to ride in the wagon, because the Germans wounded me." "What Germans? The war was with the Tartars?" "There was a war with the Tartars, but we were not in that war; we fought in the war in Lithuania, Zbyszko and I." |
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