Gerard was staggered by this sudden communication, and his colour came and went. Then he clenched¹ his teeth with ire. For men of any spirit at all are like the wild boar; he will run from a superior force, owing perhaps to his not being an ass²; but if you stick to his heels too long and too close, and, in short, bore him, he will whirl, and come tearing at a multitude of hunters, and perhaps bore you. Gerard then set his teeth and looked battle, But the next moment his countenance³ fell, and he said plaintively⁴, “And my axe⁵ is in Rhine.”  
They consulted together. Prudence⁶ bade them avoid that village; hunger said “buy food.”
 
Hunger spoke⁷ loudest. Prudence most convincingly. They settled to strike across the fields.
 
They halted at a haystack and borrowed two bundles of hay, and lay on them in a dry ditch out of sight, but in nettles⁸.
 
They sallied out in turn and came back with

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