William Tell Told Again by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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went with him, with his chin in the air.
WHACK! A howl of dismay went up from the crowd as they saw Friesshardt raise his pike and bring it down with all his force on Tell's head. The sound of the blow went echoing through the meadow and up the hills and down the valleys. [Illustration: PLATE V] "Ow!" cried Tell. "_Now_," thought the crowd, "things must begin to get exciting." Tell's first idea was that one of the larger mountains in the neighbourhood had fallen on top of him. Then he thought that there must have been an earthquake. Then it gradually dawned upon him that he had been hit by a mere common soldier with a pike. Then he _was_ angry. "Look here!" he began. "Look there!" said Friesshardt, pointing to the cap. [Illustration: PLATE VI] "You've hurt my head very much," said Tell. "Feel the bump. If I hadn't happened to have a particularly hard head I don't know what might not have happened;" and he raised his fist and hit Friesshardt; but as |
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