soupirait

Updated: May 12, 2025

This soupirait being placed exactly under Halbert's window, the contiguity permitted the prisoners to converse in a low tone, when Halbert declared his intention to escape, and the possibility he saw of achieving his purpose, but for the iron stanchions of the window "Prove thy strength, my son, in the name of God" said the preacher.

Sir Walter Scott - The Monastery