"I see him again.
Well done, young soldier! Valiantly laid on.
It is great sword-play.
Bravo! The Wolf is down.
The Eagle of Plassenburg is up--I can see no more!" And suddenly she dropped the ball, which would have rolled off her father's knee had he not caught it as it fell. Ysolinde kept her head on Master Gerard's lap for a long minute, as if, after the vision of the crystal, she could not bear the common light nor speak of meaner things.