“If you would rather attach the longe and leave thy hagard au bloc , Raoul, I shall say nothing; for it were a pity to spoil so fair a day’s sport with an ill-trained sors . Essimer abaisser ⁠—it is possibly the best way. Ça lui donnera des reins. I was perhaps hasty with the bird. It takes time to pass à la filière and the exercises d’escap .”

Then the falconer Raoul bowed in his stirrups and replied: “If it be the pleasure of Mademoiselle, I shall keep the hawk.”