In which the young knight, leading a band of men through a moonlit and snow-covered forest, attempts a daring assault upon an enemy encampment but finds his forces scattered in the face of overwhelming odds, leaving him and his companions to press onwards on foot through wintry woods. Amidst the lingering sounds of pursuit and the glow of a distant abbey, he contemplates the lessons of war and the tender hope of marriage that awaits him at journey’s end.