"
And, on her further interrogation, he added, that an unusually rich
but small company had been reported by Jobst the Kohler to be on the
way to the ford, where he had skilfully prepared a stumbling-block.
The gracious Baroness had caused Hatto to jodel all the hay-makers
together, and they had fallen on the travellers by the straight path
down the crag. "Ach! did not the young Baron spring like a young
gemsbock? And in midstream down came their pack-horses and their
wares! Some of them took to flight, but, pfui, there were enough for
my young lord to show his mettle upon. Such a prize the saints have
not sent since the old Baron's time."
Christina pursued her walk in dismay at this new beginning of
freebooting in its worst form, overthrowing all her hopes. The best
thing that could happen would be the immediate interference of the
Swabian League, while her sons were too young to be personally held
guilty. Yet this might involve ruin and confiscation; and, apart
from all consequences, she bitterly grieved that the stain of robbery
should have fallen on her hitherto innocent sons.
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