The reverend weeb said.

I reached down, fearfully, touched it with a shudder, drew back, and then, making a great effort, lifted it. A timid tap on the door was followed by a novice, a pretty green-eyed girl who dropped a deep curtsy, all wide-eyed awe.

A sergeant shouted from the right flank and the captain turned westwards to see a column of enemy infantry appearing from a grove of trees just over a mile away.