Michael Teleki fled likewise, trusting in his good steed Kálmán. He heard behind him the cries of his pursuers; there was one form in particular that he did not wish to have behind him, and it seemed to Teleki as if he were about to see this form.
This was the chief sirdar, Feriz Beg. Mortally wounded though he was, he did not forget his mortal anger, and though his blood flowed in streams, he still felt strength enough in his arm to shed the blood of his enemy.
Suddenly Michael directed his flight towards a field of wheat, when his horse stumbled and fell with him.
Here Feriz Beg overtook the minister, and whirling around his sword, exclaimed:
"That blow is from Denis Banfy!"
Teleki raised his sword to defend himself, but at that name his hand shook and he received a slash across the face, whereupon his sword fell from his hand; but he still held his hand before his streaming eyes and only heard these words:
"This blow is for Paul Béldi! This blow is for the children of Paul Béldi! This blow is for Transylvania!"
That last blow was the heaviest of all!
Teleki sank down on the ground a corpse.
Feriz Beg gazed upwards with a look of transport, sighed deeply, and then drooped suddenly over his horse's neck. He was dead.