they have grown poorer, and are glad to buy anything that will
cover them."

"Well, here are ten crowns."

"They won't cost half that, master, but I will take them."

"Mind and get something warm, Paolo; it is like enough that we
shall have to sleep more than once in the open air, and the winds
are bitterly cold."

In half an hour the officer came with the plan, which Hector at
once set to to study. The citadel stood on ground but little, if
at all, higher than that upon which the town was situated. It was
pentagonal in form, and was built in 1565, and was the earliest
fortification in Europe in this style, and was considered a
masterpiece. It was separated from the town by its glacis. A deep
fosse ran along the foot of the wall. The town itself was walled,
and extended to the foot of the citadel, and was capable of offering
a sturdy resistance even after the citadel had fallen, just as the
citadel could protect itself after the capture of the town by an
enemy. Hector examined carefully that portion of the town facing
the citadel, and took notes of the streets that ran through to
the walls, specially noting those which extended farthest from the
wall before being broken by cross lanes.

It was evident from the width of the streets that this was the
poorest quarter of the town, for the wealthy would not care to
build their houses in a position where, if the town and citadel
were hostile to each other, they would be exposed to the fire of