I wonder if it will do." "It is sure to do," the smith said enthusiastically.

"The castle is as good as taken." The next day all London poured out to the scene of the sports, and the greatest admiration and wonder were expressed at the castle, which had risen, as if by magic, in the night.

It was built at one end of the lists, which had been purposely placed in a hollow, so that a great number of people besides those in the pavilions could obtain a view from the surrounding slopes.

The castle was substantially built of heavy timber painted gray, and looked at a little distance as if constructed of stone.

A flag floated from the central tower, and the building looked so formidable that the general opinion was freely expressed that the task of the assailants, whoever they might be--for at present this was unknown--was quite impossible.