CHAPTER 2
BOOK 8: The Defence
What the Countess and Dorothy Beheld from the Summit of the Mansion
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No position in the town, except, perhaps, the tower of the church, commanded so good a view of the proceedings as was obtained from the summit of this lofty mansion.
Part of the roof was flat, and protected by a balustrade, and it was here that the countess and Dorothy Forster were stationed.