There were Catholics and Protestants among them--the latter had come at my father's bidding, the former of their own free will.
"We hurried along, anxiously fearing every moment to see flames rise from the castle.

Fortunately, the soldiers were too busy in plundering to notice our approach, and we pounced down upon them and seized them unawares.

They were stripping the place of everything worth carrying away, before setting it on fire.

We burst into the hall, and there was a sight which filled my father and myself with anger and shame.

Your grandmother was standing erect, looking with dignity mingled with disdain at my grandfather; while your mother, holding your brother's hands, stood beside her.