They opened quick enough this time.
"'Tell the prior,' Thompson said, 'that the Earl of Peterborough is here, and desires to see him instantly.' "Mighty frightened the monk looked, I can tell you, as he went off to give the message, and came back in a minute, asking Thompson to follow him.

We all dismounted.

Two of the troopers stopped to look after the horses, and the others with drawn swords followed Thompson and me.

We were shown into the prior's room, which was fit for a prince.

The prior looked mighty pale, and so did two or three other chaps who were with him.
"'Look here,' Thompson said in an angry tone of voice, 'I am the Earl of Peterborough, and I hear from this man, Sergeant Edwards, of the king's regiment of grenadiers, that he was basely and treacherously made a prisoner by you; that he was confined in an underground cell and fed with bread and water for a week, and then handed over to the French.
Now, sir, I give you an hour to clear out with all your gang from this convent, which I intend to destroy.