Two small towers on wheels will be provided, which may be run up to the edge of the moat, and will be as high as the top of the towers.
"Surely they cannot make all this before morning ?" Walter said.
"They will do so," the marshal replied.

"The castle has been put together in the king's courtyard, and the pieces are all numbered.
Two hundred carpenters will labour all night at it, besides a party of labourers for the digging of the moat.

It will be a rare show, and will delight both the citizens and the ladies of the court, for such a thing has never before been attempted.

But the king grudges not the expense which it will cost him, seeing that spectacles of this kind do much to arouse the warlike spirit of the people.

Here is a list of the various implements which will be provided, only it is understood that the mangonels and arblasts will not be provided with missiles, seeing that many would assuredly be killed by them.