"All towers carry a lamp of some kind"-- why, of course they did.

He looked about him.

The small chorister's face was glowing-- "Triune Deus, hominum Salutis auctor optime, Immensum hoc mysterium Ovante lingua canimus!" Silence--and then with a shout the tunable bells broke forth, rocking the tower.

Someone seized Taffy's college cap and sent it spinning over the battlements.

Caps?
For a second or two they darkened the sky like a flock of birds.