Tudor Jenks

Name: The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6
Author: Tudor Jenks

The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

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“The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6”, published in 1903, is a work by Tudor Jenks. It explores elements such as Edgar, ram and mangonels.

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Tudor Jenks, The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

“ Hugh immediately objected.
"I will go as a boy—as a minstrel, as a jester, as a beggar," she insisted, with sparkling eyes. "You need every man you have. There are scarcely enough to guard the walls—certainly not more than you need in case of an attack in force. As for me, I can be spared without loss. I have no family, and if I should lose my life in your father's service, Edgar, it would be no more than I owe him. Let me go. I should enjoy it."
"But if you should fall into the hands of the Count," Hugh objected, "he would torture you, perhaps. He is a scoundrel, though a brave soldier." ”

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Tudor Jenks, The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

“ They will never know me, in the world, having seen me only as a mendicant Friar at the door of the Count's castle. I will alter the cut of my beard, and will appear among them from the other side, representing myself as a minstrel or a troubadour from the Holy Land. Never fear that I cannot play my part, and even if I be suspected, I shall have a way to save myself from any danger. Surely there can be no harm come to an unoffending old minstrel. ”

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Tudor Jenks, The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

“ If we had not been so well defended, your desire to be a heroine might be gratified, but it would be at a frightful cost to some of us."
"I don't care to be a heroine," Amabel replied, "but I am tired of wandering about as useless as a sick cat. I am going to Edgar, and I shall offer him my services. There must be something I can do, some way in which I can be useful. Lord Mortimer has given me a home, and has cared for me as if I were his own daughter. Now that his castle is attacked, I wish to show him that I am not without gratitude. I am going to talk to the Friar, also. ”

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Tudor Jenks, The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

“ Amabel, when left with the Friar and the old soldier, could not conceal her impatience until Edgar's return.
"I know," said she to Hugh, "that there are many maidens who would faint with fear at the idea of such an expedition; but I have ever been different. I am never so happy as when I am in danger. I love the excitement. And I do not say this as some might—from ignorance of what danger means. When I was a child of ten, my father fled from his castle one night, carrying me wrapped in his cloak, and for three days we were fugitives. I have seen more than one battlefield. ”

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Tudor Jenks, The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

“ I cannot longer stay cooped up in the castle. I shall stifle!"
"She is right," said the Friar. "Let her go. Why should not she risk her life to save us all? It is no more than she does by remaining here. When the Count first attacked, he might have given quarter. Now he is angered, and if he takes the place he may hang every soul within the castle. Let her go, Lord Edgar, she will do as well—better than any other. If Lady Mortimer consents, I advise it. What say you, Hugh?"
"I say—if Lady Amabel permits me—that she is naught but a madcap. ”

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Tudor Jenks, The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

“ I am young, strong, and afraid of nothing. I could do as much as many of the soldiers, and I must be always cautious. If I but go to walk upon the ramparts, Edgar is as uneasy as a hen with one chicken. ”

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Tudor Jenks, The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

“ I once wore the Lincoln green, and dwelt in Sherwood with good Robin himself, though I do not tell all the world so. But now let's to bed, good harper, for there will be much to do before the week is over. ”

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Tudor Jenks, The Defense of the Castle — Chapter 6 (1903)

“ The very stones themselves cracked.
castle, they would find it built in part upon the earth. If he could keep his men at work next day during the noise made by the volleys of the mangonels, he hoped that it would not be long before he could undermine a part of the great tower. Any noise made in penetrating the causeway would be taken by the garrison to be made by work upon the cat or the ram—for during the hours spent by the leaders of the garrison in their long talk, the Count's men had brought forward the ram. ”

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