Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 485
ecastle with but a single attendant. Remembering thewords of the old song, he picked up an arrow andaimed it carefully. God speed thee, he whispered. The arrow struck the king in the left shoulder. Thewound inflicted was slight, yet it proved serious enoughto keep Richard in his tent. The next day… … } The wound, at firstthought so slight,proved to be mortal.The king knew that hewas dying, so he or-dered Bertrand deGourdon to be broughtbefore him. The ladfaced the brave and re-lentless monarch un-flinchingly. For a mo-ment their eyes met,and each mentallygaged the other. ThenRichard, raising…
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