He did send two soldiers on board, but they remained down in the waist, and did not interfere with my pleasure in any way." "Next to Jerusalem, how I should like to see Acre!" Ralph Harcourt exclaimed.

"It is, of all other cities, the most closely connected with our Order.

We helped to win it, and we were the last to defend it.
We have heard so much about the fortress, and it has been so often described to me, that I know the situation of every bastion--at least, as it was when we left it, though I know not what changes the Turks may since have made." "That I know not, Ralph.

Of course, I only saw the seafront, and it was upon the land side that the attack was made.

We know that the breaches were all repaired long ago, and it is said that the place is stronger than ever.