They would not have listened to a merry tale which stirred them to laughter, but Biberli's stories of distant lands, of the court, of war, of the tournament, just suited their present mood, and the narrator was well pleased to find ready listeners.
"In The Fire Of The Forge, Volume 5."
Georg Ebers
Thou livest here and yet thou hast not heard of the Amberqueen, the marvel of beauty who has sworn to yield herself and her throne to the man that is victorious in a tournament for life and death, and bears all her other suitors to the earth?
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann
The lists are hung, the people crowd into the tournament.
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann