Cedric and Athelstane, who were at the head of their retinue, saw the risk of being attacked at this pass; but neither of them having had much practice in war, no better mode of preventing the danger occurred to them than that they should hasten through the defile as fast as possible.
Cedric és Athelstane, akik a csapat élén lovagoltak, jól látták, hogy itt kockázatos az út, és ebben a szorosban könnyű dolga volna a támadónak. De nem tettek semmit ellene, mert egyiküknek sem volt tapasztalata ilyen dolgokban.