They kept this up until they had passed by the first tower and
reached the other tower. Tirant made his men stop, and he went
to the foot of the tower alone and found a cord that the Albanian
had thrown down. He had tied the other end to his leg in case he
fell asleep, so that when the cord was pulled he would wake up.
But he never stopped beating on the drums, and when he felt the
cord moving he quickly went near the tower and pulled up a rope
ladder that he tied very tightly to the wall, and then he tied
another. Tirant climbed the first one, and when he saw the
guards sleeping he said to the Albanians:
"What shall we do with these men?"
"My lord," he answered, "leave them there. They're in no
condition to do any harm."
However, Tirant wanted to see for himself, and he found the six
of them with their heads cut off, covered with blood. When he
saw this he had his men come up, and he put one of them in charge
of the drums. There were one hundred sixty men, and they spread
out over the tower.
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