"Ha! ha!" said the playful bandit, who recognized the voice, "so it is you, Master Isengrin, who are hiding here! "And he took him by the hair, and dragged him out of his cask.

The bishop implored the conspirators to spare his life, offering to swear on the Gospels to abdicate the bishopric, promising them all the money he possessed, and saying that if they pleased he would leave the country.

The reply was insults and blows.

He was immediately despatched; and Teutgaud, seeing the episcopal ring glittering on his finger, cut off the finger to get possession of the ring.

The body, stripped of all covering, was thrust into a corner, where passers-by threw stones or mud at it, accompanying their insults with ribaldry and curses.
[Bishop Gaudri dragged from the Cask----224] Murder and arson are contagious.