We must put all the distance we can between ourselves and the Pfalzgraf von Stahleck.
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The Pfalzgraf pleaded a susceptible nostril.
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'Follow Pfalzgraf Nase!' the Kaiser is reported to have said.
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'Never have I been found so on the German Field, Imperial Majesty!' returned the Pfalzgraf.
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At Caub they were met by a bearded, truculent-looking ruffian, who introduced himself to the Archbishop as the Pfalzgraf von Stahleck.
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Perhaps you know that the Pfalzgraf grows excellent white wine round his Castle of Stahleck, and despises the red wine of Lorch and Assmannshausen.
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Pfalzgraf Nase, as the old chronicles call him in their humour, but assuredly a great noble, led the van, and pushed across the draw-bridge.
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The warrior bishops, electors, pfalzgrafs, and knights of the Empire, all swore it was no shame not to be a match for the Demon.
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"A rope is always useful," he whispered, "and we will puzzle the good Pfalzgraf regarding our exit."
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The marauding excursion ended at Pfalz, where I lightened the Pfalzgraf of his wealth, and liberated the Countess von Sayn, unlawfully imprisoned within that fortress.
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Remember how we came almost to the door of the prison, when a temporary reprieve was handed to us by that coarse reprobate, the Pfalzgraf.
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The boats will be recognized as belonging to the Pfalzgraf, and I wish to sever all connection between this night's work and my own future.
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"I remain a prisoner of the Pfalzgraf von Stahleck, who, though a distinguished pillager like yourself, nevertheless possesses some instincts of a gentleman."