The conqueror dismounted instantly, and unlacing the man's helmet, enabled the king to hear his dying confession, which he had hardly finished, when life forsook him.
"Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Vol. 2"
Leigh Hunt
Not far off there was a little stream, and the conqueror went to it and filled his helmet; and returning, prepared for the pious office by unlacing his adversary's helmet.
"Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Vol. 2"
Leigh Hunt
It seemed to him he could still see Lorimer's flushed face, still hear against the background of noises that marred the stillness of the August moonlight outside the window, the high-pitched, insistent voice of the man who sat on the edge of the bed, arguing about the necessity of unlacing his shoes before taking them off.
"The Dominant Strain"
Anna Chapin Ray