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FOURTH PERIOD 286 CLUNY CASTLE fireplaces (I. Fig. 685) are constructed in this angle, and means are con- trived by which a person may without difficulty ascend one of the chimneys, when, at the height of a few feet within the vent, a door presents itself, opening into a concealed apartment within the tribune mentioned above. The door is so adjusted as to prevent the intrusion of smoke from the chimney into which it opens, and the ornamental cornice of the tribune externally gives an opportunity for the admission of light FIG. 690. Cluny Castle. and air without any opening being discernible from without. And with a good fire blazing in the chimney below, it certainly would never occur to any successful assailant of the castle to search for his enemy in the chimney, where [nevertheless, with a competent provision of food he might manage to continue long enough sheltered." " On the opposite tower of the building (Fig. 687) there is a square