He held his sword in front of him, point down.

For I cannot hold the sword, and who now will be my help?

He only held the sword, and tried to be ready for what would come.

Perhaps he knew and held his sword at the last minute.

That means you need every man who can hold a sword.

It was as if he'd never held a sword before.

Mark knew that his own hand still held a sword.

He no longer had to hold the sword to do it.

I moved back over to her, holding the sword in front of me.

She looked back to the young man holding the sword on her.