Then they were silent, as if frightened by the boldness and the difficulties of the enterprise. But after a while Brother Rotgier turned toward Zygfried von Löve, and said:
“Your judgment and experience are equal to your bravery: what do you think about this plan?”
“I think that the matter is worthy of consideration.”
“Because,” said Rotgier further, “the girl is a lady-in-waiting with the princess—the princess loves her as if she were her own daughter. Think, pious brother, what an uproar will arise.”
But Hugo von Danveld began to laugh:
“You said yourself, that Shomberg poisoned or strangled Witold’s whelps, and what happened to him? They will raise an uproar about anything we do; but if we sent Jurand in chains to the grand master, then it is certain that we could expect reward rat
