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andenburg,’ said Saxon, who was shaking with laughter over the German soldier’s discomfiture. ‘Why, I have seen that lad pick up a full-size sergeant of dragoons and throw him into a cart as though he had been a clod of earth.’
‘Strong he is,Chaussures New Balance 1400,’ grumbled Buyse, still wringing his injured hand, ‘strong as old Gotz mit de iron grip. But what good is strength alone in the handling of a weapon? It is not the force of a blow, but the way in which it is geschlagen,Nike Kobe 9 Elite Damskie, that makes the effect. Your sword now is heavier than mine, by the look of it,OGC Nice Pas Cher, and yet my blade would bite deeper. Eh? Is not that a more soldierly sport than kinderspiel such as hand-grasping and the like?’
‘He is a modest youth,CG Menn Summit Jakke,’ said Saxon. ‘Yet I would match his stroke against yours.’
‘For what?’ snarled the German.
‘For as much wine as we can take at a sitting.
‘No small amount, either,’ said Buyse; ‘a brace of gallons at the least. Well, be it so. Do you accept the contest?’
‘I shall do what I may,’ I answered, ‘though I can scarce hope to strike as heavy a blow as so old and tried a soldier.’
‘Henker take your compliments,’ he cried gruffly. ‘It was with sweet words that you did coax my fingers into that fool-catcher of yours. Now, here is my old headpiece of Spanish steel. It has,Ralph Lauren Män, as you can see, one or two dints of blows,PJS Dameklær Long Bear Strøk Norge Salg, and a fresh one will not hurt it. I place it here upon this oaken stool high enough to be within fair sword-sweep. Have at it, Junker, and let us see if you can leave your mark upon it!’
‘Do you strike first, sir,’ said I, ‘since the challenge is yours.’
‘I must bruise my own headpiece to regain my soldierly credit,’ he grumbled. ‘Well, well, it has stood a cut or two in its day.’ Drawing his broadsword,Piumini Lungo, he waved back the crowd who had gathered around us,Chaussures New Balance 890, while he swung the great weapon with tremendous force round his head, and brought it down with a full,Maillot Dele Pas Cher, clean sweep on to the smooth cap of steel. The headpiece sprang high into the air and then clattered down upon the oaken floor with a long, deep line bitten into the solid metal.
‘Well struck!’ ‘A brave stroke!’ cried the spectators. ‘It is proof steel thrice welded, and warranted to turn a sword-blade,’ one remarked, raising up the helmet to examine it,Dame Moncler Ski Norge Salg, and then replacing it upon the stool.
‘I have seen my father cut through proof steel with this very sword,’ said I, drawing the fifty-year-old weapon. ‘He put rather more of his weight into it than you have done. I have heard him say that a good stroke should come from the back and loins rather than from the mere muscles of the arm.’
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