There was some murmuring among the damsels of Norman descent , who were as much unused to see the preference given to a Saxon beauty , as the Norman nobles were to sustain defeat in the games of chivalry which they themselves had introduced .
Среди девиц нормандского происхождения, которые были столь же непривычны видеть предпочтение, отдаваемое саксонской красавице, как норманнская знать терпела поражение в рыцарских играх, которые они же сами и ввели, шел некоторый ропот.
