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'Here has been ork, by St Marco!' cried Bertrand, waving a

torch over the ground; 'the balls have torn up the earth here with a

vengeance' 'Aye,' replied Ugo, 'they were fired from that redoubt, yonder, and

rare execution they did The eneht have guessed they could never carry it there; for,

besides the cannon from the walls, our archers, on the two round towers,

showered down upon the it I never saw a better sight in hed,

till ood

fellow, thou shouldst have been a them; I warrant thou wouldst have

won the race!' 'Hah! you are at your old tricks again,' said Bertrand in a surly tone

'It is well for thee thou art so near the castle; thou knowest I have

killed ave

soe, to which as E contrast of the present scene with that which had

so lately been acted here

The roans of the

conquered, and the shouts of the conquerors were now sunk into a silence

so profound, that it seemed as if death had triumphed alike over the

vanquished and the victor The shattered condition of one of the towers

of the great gates by no o of the sca party, who, it was evident, had not only made