Brian de Bois-Guilbert?"--muttered Cedric; "Normans both;--but Norman or Saxon, the hospitality of Rotherwood must not be impeached; they are welcome, since they have chosen to halt--more welcome would they have been to have ridden further on their way--But it were unworthy to murmur for a night's lodging and a night's food; in the quality of guests, at least, even Normans must suppress their insolence.--Go, Hundebert," he added, to a sort of major-domo who stood behind him with a white wand; "take six of the attendants, and introduce the strangers to the guests' lodging.
És legalább vendégi mivoltukban még a normann uraknak is fékezniük kell pökhendiségüket. Eredj, Hundibert - folytatta, egy udvarmesterféléhez fordulva, aki ott állt ura háta mögött, fehér pálcával a kezében -, végy magad mellé hat embert, és vezesd be az idegeneket a vendégházba.