He No Sooner Heard
This Request, Than, Without Saying A Word Or Allowing Me A Moment
To Put Myself On My Defence, He Sprang Upon Me Like A Tiger,
Grasping My Throat So Hard That I Thought He Would Have Strangled
Me.
I am a Swiss, however, and a man of Lucerne, and when I had
recovered myself a little, I had no difficulty in flinging him off;
I then threatened him with my staff and went away.
He followed me
to the gate with the most horrid curses, saying that if I presumed
to return again, he would have me thrown at once into prison as a
thief and a heretic. So I went in quest of yourself, lieber herr,
but they told me that you were departed for Coruna; I then set out
for Coruna after you.
Myself. - And what befell you on the road?
Benedict. - I will tell you: about half-way between Saint James and
Coruna, as I was walking along, thinking of the schatz, I heard a
loud galloping, and looking around me I saw two men on horseback
coming across the field with the swiftness of the wind, and making
directly for me. Lieber Gott, said I, these are thieves, these are
factious; and so they were. They came up to me in a moment and
bade me stand, so I flung down my staff, took off my hat and
saluted them. "Good day, caballeros," said I to them. "Good day,
countryman," said they to me, and then we stood staring at each
other for more than a minute.
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