But the singular appearance of his companion and his attendants, arrested their attention and excited their wonder, and they could scarcely attend to the Prior of Jorvaulx' question, when he demanded if they knew of any place of harbourage in the vicinity; so much were they surprised at the half monastic, half military appearance of the swarthy stranger, and at the uncouth dress and arms of his Eastern attendants.
Maga a prior fel se tűnt volna a két jobbágynak, de annál inkább megbámulták társát és kísé­rőit. Izgatottságukban alig hallották a prior szavait, amikor megkérdezte tőlük, nem ismernek-e valami helyet a közelben, ahol szállást kaphatnának éjszakára.