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Chapter 31

           Meantimetheprisonersfoundnodifficultyinmakingtheirescapeintotheanteroom,andfromthenceintothecourtofthecastle,whichwasnowthelastsceneofcontest.HeresatthefierceTemplar,mountedonhorseback,surroundedbyseveralofthegarrisonbothonhorseandfoot,whohadunitedtheirstrengthtothatofthisrenownedleader,inordertosecurethelastchanceofsafetyandretreatwhichremainedtothem.Thedrawbridgehadbeenloweredbyhisorders,butthepassagewasbeset;forthearchers,whohadhithertoonlyannoyedthecastleonthatsidebytheirmissiles,nosoonersawtheflamesbreakingout,andthebridgelowered,thantheythrongedtotheentrance,aswelltopreventtheescapeofthegarrison,astosecuretheirownshareofbootyerethecastleshouldbeburntdown.Ontheotherhand,apartyofthebesiegerswhohadenteredbytheposternwerenowissuingoutintothecourt-yard,andattackingwithfurytheremnantofthedefenderswhowerethusassaultedonbothsidesatonce.

           Animated,however,bydespair,andsupportedbytheexampleoftheirindomitableleader,theremainingsoldiersofthecastlefoughtwiththeutmostvalour;and,beingwell-armed,succeededmorethanonceindrivingbacktheassailants,thoughmuchinferiorinnumbers.Rebecca,placedonhorsebackbeforeoneoftheTemplar’sSaracenslaves,wasinthemidstofthelittleparty;andBois-Guilbert,notwithstandingtheconfusionofthebloodyfray,showedeveryattentiontohersafety.

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