He had already spent upwards of two
thousand pounds, and his great pretensions were hitherto unfulfilled.
Accordingly he ordered his batteries to be directed against the Eagle
Tower, which, as we have before seen, stood near the centre of the
buildings, and was the place where Lady Derby and the children usually
lodged.
"We will strike off a horn of the beast, or level one of her hills,"
said Rigby, as he strode forth early on that morning to the enterprise.
"Which seven towers be the seven hills of Rome or spiritual Antichrist,"
said Jackson, his chaplain, who kept near his master, or rather kept his
master between himself and the Babel that roused his indignation. Morgan
was just preparing his engines when Rigby approached, cautiously worming
his way along the trenches, for the marksmen were become unmercifully
expert by reason of continued practice.
The match was lighted,--when bounce went the shot, a four-and-twenty
pounder, against the Eagle Tower.
"We will beat the old lady from her perch: I find she hath taken to
high-roosting of late," said Morgan, as he watched the despatch and
destination of his messenger.
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