Lees, George Frederic William, 1872- · London : Methuen · leaf 248
ygood idea in the glimmer of the guideslantern. At one end of the chamber thereis a sort of platform on which the lord andhis advisers sat in judgment, and beneath thiscan still be seen part of the apparatus whichwas used to drag confession from theirenemies. Many a time must that court-yard have… … COURTYARD OF THK CASTLE OF SAUMUR AT SAUMUR AND MONTREUIL-BELLAY 181 dence for any one except a mediaeval warrior,continually on the alert ; and it is for thatreason, I suppose, that it has never beenanything else than a fortress, a prison, or abarracks. Descending to its dungeons, it wasclear from…
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