德古拉2:暗夜之王

《 德古拉2:暗夜之王》

　　The battle was very fierce, and, if I might believe the Englishmen,one of them said he could perceive that some of them were men ofgreat bravery, of invincible spirit, and of great policy in guidingthe fight. The battle, they said, held two hours before they couldguess which party would be beaten; but then that party which wasnearest our people's habitation began to appear weakest, and aftersome time more some of them began to fly; and this put our menagain into a great consternation, lest any one of those that fledshould run into the grove before their dwelling for shelter, andthereby involuntarily discover the place; and that, by consequence,the pursuers would also do the like in search of them. Upon this,they resolved that they would stand armed within the wall, andwhoever came into the grove, they resolved to sally out over thewall and kill them, so that, if possible, not one should return togive an account of it; they ordered also that it should be donewith their swords, or by knocking them down with

　　I could not yet imagine what he aimed at, and told him I grantedall he had said, and thanked him that he would so far concernhimself for us: and begged he would explain the particulars ofwhat he had observed, that like Joshua, to take his own parable, Imight put away the accursed thing from us.

heirvictuals, he takes a firebrand, and claps it to the outside oftheir hut, and set it on fire: indeed, it would have been allburned down in a few minutes if one of the two had not run to thefellow, thrust him away, and trod the fire out with his feet, andthat not without some difficulty too.