I like to be able to move about a little!" "Ah," replied the old man, "you don't know what a space you have up here all to yourself! Come this way." Two turns more up the stair, and they came to another door.

It opened into wide space: from it Donal stepped on a ledge or bartizan, without any parapet, that ran round the tower, passing above the window of his room.

It was well he had a steady brain, for he found the height affect him more than that of a precipice on Glashgar: doubtless he would get used to it, for the old man had stepped out without the smallest hesitation! Round the tower he followed him.
On the other side a few steps rose to a watch-tower--a sort of ornate sentry-box in stone, where one might sit and regard with wide vision the whole country.

Avoiding this, another step or two led them to the roof of the castle--of great stone slabs.

A broad passage ran between the rise of the roof and a battlemented parapet.