15/36 I did not even see my lord cut through the net. I knew nothing, until he seized me by the arm and pulled me after him; and it was not until he sprang upon my back, and then upon my shoulders, that I knew what he was going to do. "This is how it is that the English have become lords of so wide a territory. While we hesitate, and spend great time in making up our minds to do anything, they decide and act in a moment. |