CHAPTER I MASTBR GOTTFRIED'S WORKSHOP THE upper lattices of a tall, narrow window were open, and admitted the view, of first some richlytinted vine leaves and purpling grapes, then, in dazzling freshness of new white stone, the lacework fabric of a half-built minster spire, with a mason's crane on the summit, bending as though craving for a further supply of materials; and beyond, peeping through every crevice of the exquisite open fretwork, was the intensely blue sky of early autumn. The lower longer panes of the window were closed, and the glass, divided into circles and quarrels, made the scene less distinct; but still the huge stone tower was traceable, and, farther off, the slope of a gentlyrising hill, clothed with vineyards blushing into autumn richness. Below, the view was closed by the gray wall of a courtyard, laden with fruit-trees in ful1 bearing, and inclosing paved paths that radiated from a central fountain, and left spaces between, where a few...Table of Contents CONTEI'ITS; C'"dAP; I MASTER GOTTFRIED'S WORKSHOP • •; II THE EYRIE •; III THE FLOTSOM AND JETSO~l OF TIlE DEBA 12-; ABLE FORD •; IV S~OW-WREATHS WHEN 'TIS THAW; V THE YOUNG FREIHERR; VI THE BLESSED FRIEDMUND'S WAKE; VII THE SCHNEIDERLEIN'S RETURN •; VIII PASSING THE OUBLIETTE; IX THE EAGLETS; X THE EAGLE'S PREY; Xl THE CHOICE IN LIFE; XII BACK TO TIlE DOVECOTE •; XIII THE EAGLETS IN THE CITY; XIV THE DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE; XV TIlE RIVAL EYRIE; XVI THE EAGLE AND THE S~AKE; XVII BRIDGING THE FORD; X"1II FRIEDiIIIUND IN THE CLOUDS; XIX THE FIGHT AT THE FORD •; xx THE WOUNDED EAGLE; XXI RITTER THEURDANK •; XXII PEACE; •; •; XXIII THE ALTAR OF PEACE; X}~IV OLD IRON AND NEW STEEL; xxv THE STAR AND 'lIIE SPARK; About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings,