Saracen reared, but Gaston had him down in a moment.
Ian Belward suddenly called out: "For God's sake, keep that pose for five minutes--only five!" He caught up some canvas.

"Hold candles near them," he said to the others.

They did so.

With great swiftness he sketched in the strange picture.

It looked weird, almost savage: Gaston's large form, his legs loose at the horse's side, the woman in her white drapery clinging to him.
In a little time the artist said: "There; that will do.