The whole court replied: 'A Montfort holds no parley with a perjured king and false knight.' Instantly we were furiously assaulted on all sides.

But the defences were complete and completely manned, and they fell back foiled at every point.

For three long days we held the barbican against their united efforts.

On the morning of the fourth they began to retire, and before sunset we were left without an enemy.

When I found that my services were no longer required, I determined to return to Hers, and then seek you here." "Had the Lady Margaret recovered from her fright and fatigue ?" asked the youth.
"With the exception of a slight cough, brought on, I suppose, by the rain." Gilbert's next question related to his paternal estate.
"The chapel stands uninjured," said Humbert.
"And the castle ?" "The blackened walls alone remain!" "We shall be avenged!" cried the young knight, drawing a deep breath.
"How was the chapel preserved ?" "Numbers of women and children had fled there for protection, and our good Father Herman, standing in the doorway, told the miscreants they must pass over his body.