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Chapter 31

           Theportal,whichledfromtheinner-wallofthebarbicantothemoat,andwhichcorrespondedwithasallyportinthemainwallofthecastle,wasnowsuddenlyopened;thetemporarybridgewasthenthrustforward,andsoonflashedinthewaters,extendingitslengthbetweenthecastleandoutwork,andformingaslipperyandprecariouspassagefortwomenabreasttocrossthemoat.Wellawareoftheimportanceoftakingthefoebysurprise,theBlackKnight,closelyfollowedbyCedric,threwhimselfuponthebridge,andreachedtheoppositeside.Herehebegantothunderwithhisaxeuponthegateofthecastle,protectedinpartfromtheshotandstonescastbythedefendersbytheruinsoftheformerdrawbridge,whichtheTemplarhaddemolishedinhisretreatfromthebarbican,leavingthecounterpoisestillattachedtotheupperpartoftheportal.Thefollowersoftheknighthadnosuchshelter;twowereinstantlyshotwithcross-bowbolts,andtwomorefellintothemoat;theothersretreatedbackintothebarbican.

           ThesituationofCedricandoftheBlackKnightwasnowtrulydangerous,andwouldhavebeenstillmoreso,butfortheconstancyofthearchersinthebarbican,whoceasednottoshowertheirarrowsuponthebattlements,distractingtheattentionofthosebywhomtheyweremanned,andthusaffordingarespitetotheirtwochiefsfromthestormofmissileswhichmustotherwisehaveoverwhelmedthem.Buttheirsituationwaseminentlyperilous,andwasbecomingmoresowitheverymoment.

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