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Mark also the mighty
ramparts which are pierced by the three water-gates, and sixteen
others to the landward side."
"And how is it, good Aylward, that there comes so much music from
the town? I seem to hear a hundred trumpets, all calling in
chorus."
"It would be strange else, seeing that all the great lords of
England and of Gascony are within the walls, and each would have
his trumpeter blow as loud as his neighbor, lest it might be
thought that his dignity had been abated. Ma foi! they make as
much louster as a Scotch army, where every man fills himself with
girdle-cakes, and sits up all night to blow upon the toodle-pipe.
See all along the banks how the pages water the horses, and there
beyond the town how they gallop them over the plain! For every
horse you see a belted knight hath herbergage in the town, for,
as I learn, the men-at-arms and archers have already gone forward
to Dax."
"I trust, Aylward," said Sir Nigel, coming upon deck, "that the
men are ready for the land. Go tell them that the boats will be
for them within the hour.


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