She ran quickly to tell
her mistress:
"I don't know what it is, but I've heard folks say that when
basins make a noise it's the sign of a storm or of bloodshed."
The lady was the wife of the captain of the castle, and she
quickly went to tell her husband, and he told the king and
Tirant.
Secretly, without making a sound, they went to the room, and saw
that what the girl had said was true. They quickly armed
themselves and went into a chamber, and not even an hour went by
before they saw light in the room. The Moors who were digging
thought no one in the castle had heard them, and they made the
hole much bigger. Then they began to come out of the mine. When
there were more than seventy Moors in the room, the men from the
castle went in and slew and quartered everyone they found. The
ones who could escape back through the mine certainly didn't
stand around waiting for each other, but Tirant had many bombards
fired into the mine, and everyone inside died.
Tirant saw that his men were nearly faint from hunger, and he
decided to do battle.
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