Hungary and the Hungarians . enat command, Dobo defended the town against an armyof 150,000 Turkish soldiers. Man after man fellduring the siege, until Dobo found his ranks thinnedto a paltry 700 men. When almost beset with fear,the brave women of Eger rushed to his assistance,and by pushing down huge pieces of rock, and pouringboiling oil upon the Turks, were successful in savingthe prestige of the town. Four weeks siege wasenough for the Turks, who retired after having sufferedtremendous loss. Thus went abroad the fame of thebrave Eger women. The perfume of that heroic actpervades this quiet
Hungary and the Hungarians . enat command, Dobo defended the town against an armyof 150,000 Turkish soldiers. Man after man fellduring the siege, until Dobo found his ranks thinnedto a paltry 700 men. When almost beset with fear,the brave women of Eger rushed to his assistance,and by pushing down huge pieces of rock, and pouringboiling oil upon the Turks, were successful in savingthe prestige of the town. Four weeks siege wasenough for the Turks, who retired after having sufferedtremendous loss. Thus went abroad the fame of thebrave Eger women. The perfume of that heroic actpervades this quiet town to this very day. Far fromthe beaten tourist tracks of Hungary I was able tounderstand a trifle more clearly the undying tempera-ment of the Magyar and his associates, to estimatemore accurately the historic value of events and places,and to foresee, though perhaps only dimly, somewhat ofthe destiny of the country. It was not a mere peepthat I took, but a long steady gaze. And what of thefuture ? This must be told TYPE OF SOUTHERN HUNGARIAN CHAPTER XX THE FUTURE OF HUNGARY Nations are beginning to realise that there is no destiny so inevitableas that which they shape for themselves. WHAT is the destiny of Hungary ? I have beenasked the question a hundred times. It is ofinterest at least to foreign publicists, but it seems leastof all to interest the Hungarians themselves. This isbecause they are to-day more political than too have asked the question. What was the answerthat I received ? It commenced with a shrugging ofthe shoulders, and ended with a tautological then consulted the prophets—those political crystal-gazers of distant lands. They told all they knew, butless than what they felt. The great elements of thequestion they studied and tested, but ignored the I not begin, then, where these giant souls left off?It was an idea, and I worked at it patiently. I lookedand hoped for results differing from theirs, and whatI looked
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