With long-sword and belt-dagger I fought for the life against a Devil whose very feet were hands , and who whirled me back and forth like a dead branch . He had me by the waist , my arms to my side , when an arrow from the ship pierced him between the shoulders , and he loosened grip . I passed my sword twice through him , and he crutched himself away between his long arms , coughing and moaning . Next , as I remember , I saw Thorkild of Borkum , bare-headed and smiling , leaping up and down before a Devil that leaped and gnashed his teeth . Then Hugh passed , his sword shifted to his left hand , and I wondered why I had not known that Hugh was a left-handed man ; and thereafter I remembered nothing till I felt spray on my face , and we were in sunshine on the open sea . That was twenty days after . ' ` What had happened ? Did Hugh die ? ` the children asked . ` Never was such a fight fought by christened man , ' said Sir Richard . ` An arrow from the ship had saved me from my Devil , and Thorkild of Borkum had given back before his Devil , till the bowmen on the ship could shoot it all full of arrows from near by ; but Hugh 's Devil was cunning , and had kept behind trees , where no arrow could reach . Body to body there , by stark strength of sword and hand , had Hugh slain him , and , dying , the Thing had clenched his teeth on the sword . Judge what teeth they were ! ' Sir Richard turned the sword again that the children might see the two great chiselled gouges on either side of the blade . ` Those same teeth met in Hugh 's right arm and side , ' Sir Richard went on . ` I ? Oh , I had no more than a broken foot and a fever . Thorkild 's ear was bitten , but Hugh 's arm and side clean withered away . I saw him where he lay along , sucking a fruit in his left hand . His flesh was wasted off his bones , his hair was patched with white , and his hand was blue-veined like a woman 's .
He put his XXXXX arm round my neck and whispered , `` Take my sword .
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