Then Sir Daniel arrived himself , and there was a sudden cessation of the noise . `` Dick , '' cried the knight , `` be not an ass . The Seven Sleepers had been awake ere now . We know she is within there . Open , then , the door , man . '' Dick was again silent . `` Down with it , '' said Sir Daniel . And immediately his followers fell savagely upon the door with foot and fist . Solid as it was , and strongly bolted , it would soon have given way ; but once more fortune interfered . Over the thunderstorm of blows the cry of a sentinel was heard ; it was followed by another ; shouts ran along the battlements , shouts answered out of the wood . In the first moment of alarm it sounded as if the foresters were carrying the Moat House by assault . And Sir Daniel and his men , desisting instantly from their attack upon Dick 's chamber , hurried to defend the walls . `` Now , '' cried Dick , `` we are saved . '' He seized the great old bedstead with both hands , and bent himself in vain to move it . `` Help me , Jack . For your life 's sake , help me stoutly ! '' he cried . Between them , with a huge effort , they dragged the big frame of oak across the room , and thrust it endwise to the chamber door . `` Ye do but make things worse , '' said Joanna , sadly . `` He will then enter by the trap . ''
`` Not so , '' replied XXXXX .
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