``Well，’’answeredtheTemplar，``anthouwilttarrythere，rememberIhaveredeemedwordandglove。Bethehawkswheretheywill，methinksthewallsofthePreceptoryofTemplestowewillbecoversufficient，andthitherwillI，likeherontoherhaunt。’’
Havingthusspoken，hegallopedoffwithhisfollowers。
Thoseofthecastlewhohadnotgottentohorse，stillcontinuedtofightdesperatelywiththebesiegers，afterthedepartureoftheTemplar，butratherindespairofquarterthanthattheyentertainedanyhopeofescape。Thefirewasspreadingrapidlythroughallpartsofthecastle，whenUlrica，whohadfirstkindledit，appearedonaturret，intheguiseofoneoftheancientfuries，yellingforthawar-song，suchaswasofyoreraisedonthefieldofbattlebythescaldsoftheyetheathenSaxons。
Herlongdishevelledgreyhairflewbackfromheruncoveredhead；theinebriatingdelightofgratifiedvengeancecontendedinhereyeswiththefireofinsanity；andshebrandishedthedistaffwhichsheheldinherhand，asifshehadbeenoneoftheFatalSisters，whospinandabridgethethreadofhumanlife。Traditionhaspreservedsomewildstrophesofthebarbaroushymnwhichshechantedwildlyamidthatsceneoffireandofslaughter：——
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