We must hold the gangways to the shore until the flames get well alight, and then take to the boats and return." "I think the plan is a good one, Edmund, and may well be carried out without great loss.

There are plenty of empty wine skins at present in Paris.

I will at once set about collecting a hundred of them.

We will fasten to each a stout cord so as to form a loop to go over the head and shoulders, then we had best attach them all together by one long cord, by which means we shall float in a body." "Fortunately the night is very dark and I think that we shall succeed.
Say nothing about it, Egbert, and tell the men to keep silent.

The good people of Paris shall know nothing of the matter until they see the flames dancing round the towers which they hold in so much dread." The Saxons received with satisfaction the news of the intended expedition.