In order to punish him for a preference which seemed to interfere with his own suit, Athelstane, confident of his strength, and to whom his flatterers, at least, ascribed great skill in arms, had determined not only to deprive the Disinherited Knight of his powerful succour, but, if an opportunity should occur, to make him feel the weight of his battle-axe.
Bízott erejében és ügyességében is, amelyet hízelgő ismerősei annyira magasztaltak. Majd megtépázza a Kitagadott lovag babérjait, és ha kedvező alkalom kínálkozik rá, csatabárdja súlyával is megismerteti.