He rode on, expecting every moment to be overtaken by the Moorish horsemen.

The Moorish horsemen turned the reins of their steeds and galloped back for Granada.

But Alfonso held his mail-clad battalions firm, and the light-armed Moorish horsemen hesitated to attack.

Fortunately for him, Ali had resolved to send an expedition to Jarra, of two hundred Moorish horsemen, to attack Daisy.

A while later, from her lofty niche, she saw six Moorish horsemen riding along the white road to the embattled gate.