The battle was now terminated, with
the exception of the struggle between
“Le Renurd Subtil” and “Lo gros Ser
pent.” Wall did these warriors prove
that those names which hud bestowed
for deeds in former wars. When they
engaged, some little time was lost in
eluding the vigorous thrusts which
had been aimed at their lives. Sud
denly darting on each other, they
closed and came to the earth, twisted
together like twining serpents, in
pliant and subtle folds. At the mo
ment when the victors found them
selves unoccupied, the spot where
these experienced and desperate com
batants lay could only be distinguish
ed by a cloud of dust and leaves as if
raised by the passage of a whirlwind.
