The consequence was that, relying upon the strength of the place, no proper watch was set.

There were guards, indeed, at the gates, but with no communication with each other; no soldiers on the ramparts; no patrols were sent out beyond the town, or maintained in the streets.
"No harm might have come of this, had it not been that treachery was at work.

There was a scoundrel, who was brother of the priest of one of the parishes near the wall, and both were in favour of the enemy.

The priest's residence was near a sewer, which communicated with the moat outside the walls.

The entrance was closed by an iron grating.