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Later that day the mucketeers surrounded the castle but they made no / effort to storm it. The following day one of them knocked on the huge / front door and presented Mapfarity with a summons requiring them to / surrender. The Giant laughed, put the document in his mouth and ate / it. The server fainted and had to be revived with a bucket of cold / water before he could stagger back to report this tradition-shattering / reception.
Rastignac set up his underground so it could be expanded in a hurry. / He didn't worry about the blockade because, as was well known, Giants' / castles had all sorts of subterranean tunnels and secret exits. He / contacted a small number of priests who were willing to work for him. / These were congenital rebels who became quite enthusiastic when he / told them their activities would result in a fierce persecution of the / Church.