"Like a true knight?" repeated Fitzurse, looking after him; "like a fool, I should say, or like a child, who will leave the most serious and needful occupation, to chase the down of the thistle that drives past him.--But it is with such tools that I must work;--and for whose advantage?--For that of a Prince as unwise as he is profligate, and as likely to be an ungrateful master as he has already proved a rebellious son and an unnatural brother.--But he--he, too, is but one of the tools with which I labour; and, proud as he is, should he presume to separate his interest from mine, this is a secret which he shall soon learn."
„Mint igazi lovag! - ismételte Fitzurse, ahogy a távozó De Bracy után nézett. - Inkább azt mondanám: mint egy bolond vagy mint egy gyermek, aki habozás nélkül abbahagy bármilyen fontos vagy szükséges dolgot, hogy egy bogáncs pihéje után szaladjon, amely elszáll mellette. Ilyen emberekkel kell dolgoznom - és miért?