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Chapter 27

           "ThefoulfiendquellthePrior!"saidFront-de-Boeuf;"hismorning’sdroughthasbeenadeepone.WhendidthymasterhearofaNormanbaronunbucklinghispursetorelieveachurchman,whosebagsaretentimesasweightyasours?—Andhowcanwedoaughtbyvalourtofreehim,thatarecoopedupherebytentimesournumber,andexpectanassaulteverymoment?"

           "AndthatwaswhatIwasabouttotellyou,"saidthemonk,"hadyourhastinessallowedmetime.But,Godhelpme,Iamold,andthesefoulonslaughtsdistractanagedman’sbrain.Nevertheless,itisofveritythattheyassembleacamp,andraiseabankagainstthewallsofthiscastle."

           "Tothebattlements!"criedDeBracy,"andletusmarkwhattheseknavesdowithout;"andsosaying,heopenedalatticedwindowwhichledtoasortofbartisanorprojectingbalcony,andimmediatelycalledfromthencetothoseintheapartment—"SaintDennis,buttheoldmonkhathbroughttruetidings!—Theybringforwardmanteletsandpavisses,andthearchersmusterontheskirtsofthewoodlikeadarkcloudbeforeahailstorm."

           ReginaldFront-de-Boeufalsolookedoutuponthefield,andimmediatelysnatchedhisbugle;and,afterwindingalongandloudblast,commandedhismentotheirpostsonthewalls.

           "DeBracy,looktotheeasternside,wherethewallsarelowest—NobleBois-Guilbert,thytradehathwelltaughttheehowtoattackanddefend,lookthoutothewesternside—Imyselfwilltakepostatthebarbican.

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