ale-vaults

Updated: May 25, 2025

"God's will be done," said Cedric, in a voice tremulous with passion, which Front-de-Boeuf imputed to fear. "I see," said he, "thou dreamest already that our men-at-arms are in thy refectory and thy ale-vaults. But do me one cast of thy holy office, and, come what list of others, thou shalt sleep as safe in thy cell as a snail within his shell of proof."

Sir Walter Scott - Ivanhoe