Oh! pray him, if ever he loved his little Christina, to
have masses sung for my father and my own dear lord."
As she promised, Ursel came to make the babes ready for their
baptism, and Sir Kasimir moved away towards the window. Ursel was
looking uneasy and dismayed, and, as she bent over her mistress, she
whispered, "Lady, the Schneiderlein sends you word that Matz has
called him to help in removing the props of the door you wot of when
HE yonder steps across it. He would know if it be your will?"
"The oubliette!" This was Frau Kunigunde's usage of the relative who
was doing his best for the welfare of her grandsons! Christina's
whole countenance looked so frozen with horror, that Ursel felt as if
she had killed her on the spot; but the next moment a flash of relief
came over the pale features, and the trembling lip commanded itself
to say, "My best thanks to good Heinz. Say to him that I forbid it.
If he loves the life of his master's children, he will abstain! Tell
him so. My blessings on him if this knight leave the castle safe,
Ursel.
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