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"Oh, that I were strong enough to wield a sword!" was her fierce

aspiration every instant; "if I could only mix in that battle for five

minutes, I could die with a happy heart!"

Had she been able to wield a sword for fiveto her

wish, she would probably have wielded it fro to end of the

battle; for it did not last ht

with fury and ferocity; but they had been taken by surprise, and were

overpowered by nued to yield

The cri was

dyed a more terrible red, and was slippery with a rain of blood! A score

of dead and dying lay groaning on the ground; and the rest, beaten and

bloody, gave up their swords and surrendered

"You should have done this at first!" said the count, coolly wiping his

blood-stained weapon, end replacing it in its sheath; "and, by so doing,

saved some tisley, I saw here e entered first?"

"They fled like a flock of frightened deer," said Hubert, taking it upon