He too saw the figures on the ground and he started towards them. But now Bacari released his grip on the garrotte and shoved Horace’s limp body aside, reaching down to pluck the broad-bladed dagger from Horace’s scabbard as he did so.
Dagger forward, held low in a classic knife fighter’s stance, he moved towards Will. He assessed the situation quickly. Malcolm was no danger. So far, the healer hadn’t even stirred. Horace was dead or unconscious, Bacari wasn’t sure which. But either way, he would take no hand in this fight.
There was only Will, facing him with that large knife he wore at his side. While Bacari was armed with Horace’s broad-bladed dagger. The Genovesan smiled. He was an expert knife fighter. Will’s weapon might be a little longer, but the Genovesan could see from his stance that the Ranger was no expert at knife fighting and his knife skills would be no match for Bacari’s own lightning sweeps, thrusts and reverse slashes – techniques that he had practised for years and perfected in the cut-throat, crowded towns of Genovese.

Halt's Peril, Chapter 40