Vanquished dragoon, Margrave laid low——”

“Heaven save us, what has he against the Margrave,” wailed the mother.

“For the spoil!”

“Don’t you see, it’s for booty,” said Juffrouw Laps. “I told you so: He began with the Bible, he’ll end with——”

“And the prize—

Pretty eyes——”

“Did you ever hear the like—he has scarcely shed his milk teeth!”

“And the prize—

Pretty eyes—

She was bought with steel——”