The masterly horsemanship of the Disinherited Knight, and the activity of the noble animal which he mounted, enabled him for a few minutes to keep at sword's point his three antagonists, turning and wheeling with the agility of a hawk upon the wing, keeping his enemies as far separate as he could, and rushing now against the one, now against the other, dealing sweeping blows with his sword, without waiting to receive those which were aimed at him in return.
A Kitagadott lovagnak sikerült ellenfeleit kardja hegyével néhány percig távol tartania. Sólyomsebesen ide-oda cikázva, lovával jobbra-balra fordulva, suhogó kardjával hol az egyik ellenfélre sújtott, hol a másikra, és mire azok visszavágtak, már elugratott előlük.