Windeck

“Oh, the castellan of Windeck will entertain you,” said the man-at-arms with a grin, and marched up the embrasure; the while the archers, taking counsel among themselves, debated whether or not they should take up their quarters in the gloomy and deserted edifice.

Burlesques 2006

One ancestor, of whom there was only a bust, frowned in the greatest rage, because, having no legs, his pedestal would not move; and several sticking-plaster profiles of the former Lords of Windeck looked quite black at being, for similar reasons, compelled to keep their places.

A Legend of the Rhine 2006

“Oh, the castellan of Windeck will entertain you,” said the man-at-arms with a grin, and marched up the embrasure; the while the archers, taking counsel among themselves, debated whether or not they should take up their quarters in the gloomy and deserted edifice.

A Legend of the Rhine 2006

One ancestor, of whom there was only a bust, frowned in the greatest rage, because, having no legs, his pedestal would not move; and several sticking-plaster profiles of the former Lords of Windeck looked quite black at being, for similar reasons, compelled to keep their places.

Burlesques 2006

The sentinel laughed at this hyperbolical expression of hunger, and said, “You had best go sleep at the Castle of Windeck yonder;” adding with a peculiarly knowing look, “Nobody will disturb you there.”

A Legend of the Rhine 2006

The sentinel laughed at this hyperbolical expression of hunger, and said, “You had best go sleep at the Castle of Windeck yonder;” adding with a peculiarly knowing look, “Nobody will disturb you there.”

Burlesques 2006

Think you the knight of Windeck will take such lads as you are for hostages?

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

Concerning the neighbourhood of Windeck, some eight miles from Baden, several interesting tales are current.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

The elder of the two replied courteously that they were on their way to Windeck, where their uncle was imprisoned.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

On his finger was a ring of quaint design which he had not been known to wear, and it was whispered among the peasantry that the ghost-maid of Windeck had claimed her lover.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914