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The Warden, hearing Baptist's cry, knew that he was in mortal

terror; he turned back, and plunged the sharp steel blade between

the head of Baptist and the hands of the Muscovites. They

withdrew, uttering piercing cries, but one hand, more firmly

entwined in the hair, remained hanging and spurted forth blood.

Thus an eagle, when it buries one talon in a hare, catches with

the other at a tree, in order to hold back the beast; but the

hare, pulling, splits the eagle in two; the right talon remains

on the tree in the forest; the left, covered with blood, the

beast bears away to the fields.