“He stopped his horse and began to listen. But his horse, a hot Andalusian breed, shook its bridle and beat its hooves against tree stumps, so that it was difficult to hear anything. Meanwhile, the other rider's horse, which resembled a mule, stood motionless. Both horses and riders were complete opposites. The rider sitting on the Andalusian horse was a tall, handsome man, with short-cropped brown hair and a thick beard, such as the French nobles then wore in imitation of the king. His dress of expensive colored fabrics, although dusty and spattered with dirt from travel, contrasted sharply with the dark clothes and coarse hair cloak of his companion, who, despite the beard, could be recognized as a Catholic monk by his pale yellow complexion...”