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For
the
dog
,
I
know
it
to
be
the
cur
of
the
runaway
slave
Gurth
,
a
useless
fugitive
like
its
master
.
"
So
saying
,
and
rising
at
the
same
time
in
his
stirrups
,
impatient
at
the
interruption
of
his
journey
,
he
launched
his
javelin
at
poor
Fangs
--
for
Fangs
it
was
,
who
,
having
traced
his
master
thus
far
upon
his
stolen
expedition
,
had
here
lost
him
,
and
was
now
,
in
his
uncouth
way
,
rejoicing
at
his
reappearance
.
The
javelin
inflicted
a
wound
upon
the
animal
's
shoulder
,
and
narrowly
missed
pinning
him
to
the
earth
;
and
Fangs
fled
howling
from
the
presence
of
the
enraged
thane
.
Gurth
's
heart
swelled
within
him
;
for
he
felt
this
meditated
slaughter
of
his
faithful
adherent
in
a
degree
much
deeper
than
the
harsh
treatment
he
had
himself
received
.
Having
in
vain
attempted
to
raise
his
hand
to
his
eyes
,
he
said
to
Wamba
,
who
,
seeing
his
master
's
ill
humour
had
prudently
retreated
to
the
rear
,
"
I
pray
thee
,
do
me
the
kindness
to
wipe
my
eyes
with
the
skirt
of
thy
mantle
;
the
dust
offends
me
,
and
these
bonds
will
not
let
me
help
myself
one
way
or
another
.
"
Wamba
did
him
the
service
he
required
,
and
they
rode
side
by
side
for
some
time
,
during
which
Gurth
maintained
a
moody
silence
.
At
length
he
could
repress
his
feelings
no
longer
.
"
Friend
Wamba
,
"
said
he
,
"
of
all
those
who
are
fools
enough
to
serve
Cedric
,
thou
alone
hast
dexterity
enough
to
make
thy
folly
acceptable
to
him
.
Go
to
him
,
therefore
,
and
tell
him
that
neither
for
love
nor
fear
will
Gurth
serve
him
longer
.
He
may
strike
the
head
from
me
--
he
may
scourge
me
--
he
may
load
me
with
irons
--
but
henceforth
he
shall
never
compel
me
either
to
love
or
to
obey
him
.
Go
to
him
,
then
,
and
tell
him
that
Gurth
the
son
of
Beowulph
renounces
his
service
.
"
"
Assuredly
,
"
said
Wamba
,
"
fool
as
I
am
,
I
shall
not
do
your
fool
's
errand
.
Cedric
hath
another
javelin
stuck
into
his
girdle
,
and
thou
knowest
he
does
not
always
miss
his
mark
.
"
"
I
care
not
,
"
replied
Gurth
,
"
how
soon
he
makes
a
mark
of
me
.
Yesterday
he
left
Wilfred
,
my
young
master
,
in
his
blood
.
To-day
he
has
striven
to
kill
before
my
face
the
only
other
living
creature
that
ever
showed
me
kindness
.
By
St
Edmund
,
St
Dunstan
,
St
Withold
,
St
Edward
the
Confessor
,
and
every
other
Saxon
saint
in
the
calendar
,
"
(
for
Cedric
never
swore
by
any
that
was
not
of
Saxon
lineage
,
and
all
his
household
had
the
same
limited
devotion
,
)
"
I
will
never
forgive
him
!
"
"
To
my
thinking
now
,
"
said
the
Jester
,
who
was
frequently
wont
to
act
as
peace-maker
in
the
family
,
"
our
master
did
not
propose
to
hurt
Fangs
,
but
only
to
affright
him
.
For
,
if
you
observed
,
he
rose
in
his
stirrups
,
as
thereby
meaning
to
overcast
the
mark
;
and
so
he
would
have
done
,
but
Fangs
happening
to
bound
up
at
the
very
moment
,
received
a
scratch
,
which
I
will
be
bound
to
heal
with
a
penny
's
breadth
of
tar
.
"
"
If
I
thought
so
,
"
said
Gurth
--
"
if
I
could
but
think
so
--
but
no
--
I
saw
the
javelin
was
well
aimed
--
I
heard
it
whizz
through
the
air
with
all
the
wrathful
malevolence
of
him
who
cast
it
,
and
it
quivered
after
it
had
pitched
in
the
ground
,
as
if
with
regret
for
having
missed
its
mark
.
By
the
hog
dear
to
St
Anthony
,
I
renounce
him
!
"
And
the
indignant
swineherd
resumed
his
sullen
silence
,
which
no
efforts
of
the
Jester
could
again
induce
him
to
break
.
