But he was under iron rules, and besides, thought he, I might help my lady more by going than staying away.
"So he came with the troop to the castle, and looked wistfully up at the little turret yonder, and prayed that she might never know that he was where he was.
"Colonel Frank came expecting an easy task with this small out-of-the- way castle.

But it was not so easy as he thought.

On two sides, as you see, sir, no mortal man could get at it.

And on the other two, Fulke had guarded himself so well that by the end of a fortnight the Roundheads were not an inch nearer getting the place than they had been when they began.
"The rage of the colonel knew no bounds, and he vowed all sorts of vengeance.

You may fancy one of his men did not join in his threats.
Many a time that fortnight Captain Morgan wished a shot from the castle might find him out and end his misery.