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 dered them to provide themselves with proper arms, and to appear by ten o'clock at night at the inn. Our landlord, who beheld these preparations in dumb amazement, believed firmly that we must be arch necromancers, and his fancy having been fired by the wonderful account of our nocturnal adventure, which the Lieutenant had given him, he was himself not unwilling to go with us to the castle, and to bid defiance to the infernal hosts: However, as soon as it grew dark, his courage died away, and he wished success to our undertaking, telling us, he could not leave his house."

"Our little army was assembled before ten o'clock, armed with scythes, poles, hay forks and flails. We ordered the landlord to give a dram to every one, took some tables, benches, lamps, and a small cask of brandy with us, and marched in triumph towards the Castle."