“How could you have thought so? Speak, German I How could that be?”
And Brother Rotgier recovered himself and said: “We brethren do not raise our eyes to women. In the Forest Court with the beloved princess there were many court ladies, but which among them was Jurand’s daughter, none of us knew.”
“Danveld knew,” said Mikolaj of Dlugolas. “He even talked to her during the hunt.”
“Danveld stands before God,” replied Rotgier, “and of him I shall only say that the following morning blooming roses were found on his coffin, which, in this wintry weather, could not come there by human hands.”
Then again followed silence.
“How did you know of the capture of Jurand’s daughter?” inquired the prince.
“Only the wickedness and audacity of the deed made it known to us.
Therefore on hearing about
