CHAPTER XI.
THE KNOT CUT .-- ANOTHER TIED.
The farm-house the Gilberts occupied had been a family mansion of great antiquity with a moat around it.

It was held during the civil war by a stout royalist, who armed and garrisoned it after a fashion with his own servants.

This had a different effect to what he intended.

It drew the attention of one of Cromwell's generals, and he dispatched a party with cannon and petards to reduce the place, whilst he marched on to join Cromwell in enterprises of more importance.

The detachment of Roundheads summoned the place.