The lane was moreover much rutted and broken up by the carriages which had recently transported articles of various kinds to the tournament; and it was dark, for the banks and bushes intercepted the light of the harvest moon.
A göröngyös ösvényen kiszáradt keréknyom futott végig, hiszen nemrégen szekerek szállítottak erre mindenféle holmit a lovagi versenyre. Vaksötét volt, a part bokrai elfogták a holdsarló sugarait.