"How do you feel?" asked Löve.
"I do not feel any pain, but neither can I feel my hand," answered Danveld.
"Because it has grown stiff already; that is why you do not feel any pain. It will come back in a warm room. In the meanwhile, thank God even for a moment of relief."
Rotgier and Godfried approached the wagon.
"What a misfortune!" said the first. "What shall we do now?"
"We will declare," said Danveld in a feeble voice, "that the shield-bearer murdered de Fourcy."
"It is their latest crime and the culprit is known!" added Rotgier.