The chamber-doors fell with a terrible crash,

And with, under his left arm, a yet gory gash—

Come forth from his grave,

Stood Blutwurst the brave,

Who’d arrived just in time his poor sister to save.

Sir Rupert gazed at him a second or more,

Made one strong exclamation, then sunk on the floor.

From every side a swarming tide of vassals pour amain,

And, struggling with each other, the fatal room they gain,

And quickly entering, they find fair Margaret in a swoon,