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"At length, with the help of a neighbouring quarry, the whole of the

external wall of the castle was finished And now the country folks were

in greater fear than before But for several years the giants remained

very peaceful The reason of this was afterwards supposed to be the

fact, that they were distantly related to several good people in the

country; for, as long as these lived, they remained quiet; but as soon

as they were all dead the real nature of the giants broke out Having

completed the outside of their castle, they proceeded, by spoiling the

country houses around them, to make a quiet luxurious provision for

their comfort within

Affairs reached such a pass, that the news of

their robberies came to my father's ears; but he, alas! was so crippled

in his resources, by a war he was carrying on with a neighbouring

prince, that he could only spare a very few hold Upon these the giants issued in the night, and slew

every rown bolder by success and ier confined their depredations to property, but began to seize

the persons of their distinguished neighbours, knights and ladies, and