Not having been there he always spoke of her at the betrothal or marriage as a girl.
"Very well," he said, after a while. "But to all my questions during the last two days, you replied that you knew nothing."
"Because I do know nothing, except that the wrath of God is probably upon me."
Then Hlawa lifted up his head from the bearskin, sat up and listened with curiosity and attention.
And Macko said:
"As long as sleep does not overpower you, tell me what have you seen, what have you done, and what success have you had at Malborg?"
Zbyszko stroked his long, untrimmed hair from his brow, remained silent for a moment, and then said:
"Would to God that I knew as much of Danuska as I do of Malborg. You ask me what I have seen there? I have seen the immense power of the Knights of the Cross; it is supported by all kings and nations, and I do not know any one who could measure himself with it. I have seen their castles, which even Caesar of Rome does not possess. I have seen inexhaustible treasures, I have seen arms, I have seen swarms of armed monks, knights, and common soldiers,—and as many relics as one sees with the Holy Father in Rome, and I tell you that my soul trembled within me at the thought of the possibility of fighting them. Who can prevail against them? Who can oppose them and break their power?"
"We must destroy them," exclaimed the Bohemian, who could restrain himself no longer.
Zbyszko's words appeared strange also to Macko, and although he was anxious to hear all the adventures of the young man, nevertheless, he interrupted him and said: