"Friends," said he, addressing the gaping crew, "Friends, he is the preserver of my honor and my liberty, what may he expect?"
"Pardon, pardon," was the unanimous cry, "pardon, pardon, he shall live."
"Bravo, my boys," said now their formidable Captain, who was sitting in judgment upon me, "bravo, my honest lads, you are noble fellows: Farewell, Andrew," added he, addressing his dying companion, "Farewell, Andrew, thou art avenged, art doubly avenged by the generosity of thy companions!"
At the same instant the whole crew hurried out of the room, leaving me alone with Volkert. "Farewell, Lieutenant," said he, shaking me by the hand, "you have wisely acted, in leaving F, like the Austrian, I shall never return to that town: If any similar sinister accident should happen to"you,
