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They marched towards the Sternthor, straight into the building, the walls of which were as thick as the rooms were long in the peasant's humble little cottage. In the middle of a high vault there was a table covered with sparkling gold.

Cassius, he gave vent to his delight by shouting through the quiet streets at the top of his voice, "Vivat, Vivat!" A watchman stood on duty by the Sternthor, when the jocund peasant passed by. He made a step forward and, reaching out his arm, he gave the merry man a rude knock with his lance.

The small lane leading from the Minstersquare to the Sternthor was called "Vivat" lane, and bears that name to the present day. Some years ago a heavy winter gale destroyed the old Roman tower that had so long withstood the vicissitudes of time.

It was always intended to be a dry ditch, and, so far from there being any arrangements for flooding it, precautions were taken to carry the little Fischbach, which formerly entered the town near the modern Sternthor, across the ditch in a trough.

The night winds rustled in the old limetrees of the square and seemed to whisper strange tales into the ears of the late wanderer. The peasant crossed the open space sulkily, and steered his way towards the Sternthor, which led to Dransdorf.

An ancient Roman tower, the remains of the high fortifications erected by the soldiers of Drusus eighteen hundred years ago, stands in the narrow lane, leading from the minster-square to the Sternthor. To the tired wanderer this tower seemed a splendid shelter, all the more so, as it would not cost him a penny.