This guard is put here expressly to prevent it.' 'Do you have many trespassers ?' Philip asked.

The captain seemed kind, and Philip had a great-uncle who was a judge, so the word judges made him think of tips and good advice, rather than of justice and punishment.
'Many trespassers indeed!' the captain almost snorted his answer.
'That's just it.

There's never been one before.

You're the first.

For years and years and years there's been a guard here, because when the town was first built the astrologers foretold that some day there would be a trespasser who would do untold mischief.