Having achieved this double feat, for which he was the more highly applauded that it was totally unexpected from him, the knight seemed to resume the sluggishness of his character, returning calmly to the northern extremity of the lists, leaving his leader to cope as he best could with Brian de Bois-Guilbert.
Miután kardja eltört, amikor Front-de-Boeufre sújtott, most kicsavarta Athelstane mar­kos kezéből a csatabárdot, amelyet forgatott. Olyan ügyesen, mintha gyerekkora óta ismerné ezt a fegyvert, úgy mellbe vágta vele Athelstane-t, hogy a szász is eszméletlenül zuhant le a porba.