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My father! you will be avenged!" When they reached the square, Colomba put herself between her brother and the Barricini mansion, and her eyes never left her enemy's windows.
She noticed that they had been lately barricaded and provided with _archere_.

_Archere_ is the name given to narrow openings like loopholes, made between the big logs of wood used to close up the lower parts of the windows.

When an onslaught is expected, this sort of barricade is used, and from behind the logs the attacked party can fire at its assailants with ease and safety.
"The cowards!" said Colomba.