Lastly, the Church of Rome is opposed to
divorce; and Kilian might in any case have put up with this small
sin, if sin it were, for the sake of saving the souls of thousands
of pagans. My opinion is that St. Kilian richly deserved the fate
which befell him. And now to a subject much more interesting to us
-- viz, the capture of Marienburg.
"I tell you, my friends, it is going to be a warm business; the
castle is considered impregnable, and is strong by nature as well
as art, and Captain Keller is said to be a stout and brave soldier.
He has 1000 men in the garrison, and all the monks who were in the
town have gone up and turned soldiers. But if the task is a hard
one the reward will be rich; for as the Imperialists believe the
place cannot be taken, the treasures of all the country round are
stored up there. And I can tell you more, in the cellars are sixty
gigantic tuns of stone, the smallest of which holds twenty-five
wagon loads of wine, and they say some of it is a hundred years
old. With glory and treasure and good wine to be won we will outdo
ourselves tomorrow; and you may be sure that the brunt of the affair
will fall upon the Scots."
"Well, there is one satisfaction," said Nigel Graheme -- who after
Leipzig had been promoted to the rank of major -- "if we get the
lion's share of the fighting, we shall have the lion's share of
the plunder and wine.
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