' The giant read: 'Seven at one stroke, ' and thought that they had been men whom the tailor had killed, and began to feel a little respect for the tiny fellow.
The bow of a violin drawn near him cleverly, would at one stroke change the aspect of the world for him, and his point of view shifted — as easily as his mood.
The bliss of escaping at one stroke from the eyes, and from this other embarrassment, gave my freedom an extraordinary zest; and the longer I savoured it the better I liked its taste.
Whilst he lay there, the people came and inspected him on all sides, and read on his girdle: 'Seven at one stroke'. ' Ah! ' said they, 'what does the great warrior want here in the midst of peace?