It was high time; for, while the Disinherited Knight was pressing upon the Templar, Front-de-Boeuf had got nigh to him with his uplifted sword; but ere the blow could descend, the Sable Knight dealt a stroke on his head, which, glancing from the polished helmet, lighted with violence scarcely abated on the "chamfron" of the steed, and Front-de-Boeuf rolled on the ground, both horse and man equally stunned by the fury of the blow.
Ideje is volt, mert amíg a Kitagadott lovag a templomossal viaskodott, Front-de-Boeuf észrevétlenül megközelítette, és már sújtásra emelte kardját. De mielőtt lecsaphatott volna, a Fekete lovag olyan ütést mért a fejére, hogy a kard kihullott a kezéből.