He walked from one end of the hall to the other, with the attitude of one who advances to charge an enemy, or to storm the breach of a beleaguered place, sometimes ejaculating to himself, sometimes addressing Athelstane, who stoutly and stoically awaited the issue of the adventure, digesting, in the meantime, with great composure, the liberal meal which he had made at noon, and not greatly interesting himself about the duration of his captivity, which he concluded, would, like all earthly evils, find an end in Heaven's good time.
Közben hol felkiáltott - inkább csak önmagához beszélve -, hol meg Athelstane-hez fordult, aki lomhán és nyugodtan várta a kaland végét. Zavartalanul átengedte magát a délben felszolgált bőséges ebéd élvezetének, és nem törte fejét azon, mikor fog innen megszabadulni.