"Then we will storm alone again," said Witichis, taking his spear.
"King," said Teja, "we did not win a single stone of the fortress yesterday, and to-day we have nine thousand men less----"
"And those not wounded are faint, their weapons and their courage broken."
"We must have Ravenna!" repeated Witichis.
"We shall never take it by force," said Earl Teja.
"We will see about that!" retorted Witichis.
"I besieged the city with the great King," said Hildebrand warningly. "He stormed it in vain seventy times. We only took it by starving it--after three years."
"We must attack!" cried Witichis. "Give the command."
Teja was about to leave the tent.
Hildebrand stopped him.