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| No, my friend; I will answer to you and to the court, as you refuse to answer for yourself. God alone was lord of all the world, he said, and to God alone each man must answer for his soul, and to no man beside. The general with ten more escaped the slaughter, and by means of their horses retreated to a wood, where they were soon discovered by a detachment sent in search of them, and brought to Mahomet, who was overjoyed to see his most formidable enemy in his power, and ordered him to take care of his uncle and nephew, who were wounded, telling him he should answer for their lives; and, upon their death, taxed him with hastening it. |
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