The magic ring, Vol. 3 (of 3)

It was late in the evening, at the castle of the Lady Gabrielle in Gascony, when Bertha von Lichtenried sat, studiously, with a large book open on a reading-desk before her. The...

Before the adventure which we have now related had come to pass, many strange occurrences had happened in Carthagena. On the evening of that day when Sir Folko de Montfaucon had...

Thereafter it seemed as if the spirit of warfare and enterprise possessed more than ever the mind of the grand emir Nurreddin. A fleet of ships was got in readiness, troops were...

On the following day a Moorish knight made his appearance in the antechamber of the Lady of Lichtenried, and requested to know whether it might be allowed to the emir to come in...

“Far remote, in the wide sea, named Archipelago, there lies an island well known through all the world, blooming and golden with rich harvests of corn, fruits, and wine. There,...

Now this fairy legend, that we have told in plain prose, was sung by Nurreddin in pleasant, well-sounding verses; and Bertha listened thereto with so much pleasure, that the emi...

The shouts of admiration and parting greetings, which rent the air when the emir left Carthagena, had long since died away; now even the Spanish shore had vanished from their si...

So it came to pass, that one morning on the shores of Ostia, there arose a fearful tumult and confusion. Women, old men, and children, were already flying along the high-road to...

The voyage of Sir Folko de Montfaucon, and the two rescued damsels, was, alas! far different from that of the emir and Bertha von Lichtenried. No sooner had they lost sight of C...

At the door of their house he was met by the Count Alessandro de Vinciguerra, who greeted him respectfully, though with discontent, as usual, in his countenance, saying, that he...

This year the snow had begun earlier than usual to cover the mountains, and made the road through them, if not impassable, at least dangerous; so that Blanchefleur and Gabrielle...

About this time, lo! there came riding over the mountains of the Hartz forest, a party of warriors heavily armed, that formed the escort of a noble lady, who was also on horseba...

The three knights had determined to leave their horses at the charcoal-man’s hut, because he had described to them how slippery and dangerous were the paths leading up to the pa...

According to the wisest old legends we are instructed, that mortals, when bewitched in this manner, lie as if in feverish dreams, with just so much of their senses left as to ma...

The door of the chamber now rung and rattled, at length it burst open, and there appeared in the room a knight in bright-gleaming armour. “Strike them well, kill them both!” cri...

Now they came through the gate on the north side of the altar, and the soft gleams of the moonlight fell cool and refreshingly on their pale visages. At the same time, to their...

Now, after they had come down a steep declivity, all of a sudden they found themselves on a level glade, where four well-beaten roads met together. “There, my friends,” said Sir...

In the fortress of Count Archimbald von Waldeck some weeks were passed away ere the party could resolve to set out on their journey into Swabia. On that pilgrimage it was resolv...

The rich corn-fields were now waving in the balmy air, the orchard-trees were in their full luxuriance of blossoms, or their fruits already formed, the flocks were sporting in t...

One day, it happened that they were resting beneath the shade of some lofty elm-trees, at the base of a hill, on whose summit there was situated a richly-endowed and magnificent...

While they were thus occupied, all of a sudden their attention was attracted by a loud ringing of armour and clashing of arms from the rocky cliff which Sir Archimbald had chose...

“Now,” said Hildiridur, as the knights spurred their horses, “can you not remember my warning admonition?--Death and separation are barriers already thrown in your way, yet you...

Like the happy birds that return to their wonted nests in spring-tide, Sir Folko, with Gabrielle and Blanchefleur, were now passing over the Alps on their way back to Germany. A...

In the solemn ancestral hall, the venerable Sir Hugh was once more seated all alone, with the great silver wine-cup before him on the round table. He looked anxiously for the ar...

Many of the dastardly assailants already bled under Sir Otto’s powerful blows; others were terrified by the thundering and unearthly accents of Zelotes; and the whole mob would...

But ere that stern judgment could be fulfilled, there was a new voice that called aloud,--“Halt, halt!” and the tones even of that simple mandate were supernaturally sweet, as i...

Now it came to pass, that amid the banquet-hall, where all were cheerful and joyous, there entered an unbidden guest, with looks dark and discontented; and this was Theobaldo. H...

It was with slow dignified steps, the stately old man moving like a banner in the midst of their procession, that they had descended the steep road that led from the castle; the...