6 How can they get in?
　　They were near to the castle by now. The great, thick walls rose up, far above their heads. Therewas no break in them, except about sixteen feet up, where slit¹ windows could be seen.
　　‘It’s built of the big boulders² we see all over the hillside,’ said Philip. ‘It must have been veryhard work to take so many up here to build the castle. Look – over there are some bigger windows.
　　I suppose that wicked old fellow Tassie was telling us about liked to have a little more light in hiscastle than slit windows give. It’s a funny place. You can quite well see where it has been patchedup, can’t you?’
　　‘There are the eagles again!’ cried Jack³. ‘They’re gliding⁴ down – and down. Watch them,everyone!’
　　The little company stood and watched the two big birds, whose span of wings was reallyenormous.
　　‘They’ve gone down inside the castle courtyard,’ said Jack. ‘That’s where they’ve got their nest,I bet! In the courtyard somewhere. I simply must find it.’
　　‘But you can’t possibly get into the courtyard,’ said Philip.
　　‘Where’s the gateway⁵ of the castle?’ demanded Jack, turning to Tassie.
　　‘At the front, where that landslide⁶ is,’ said Tassie. ‘You couldn’t get over the landslide withoutbeing in danger, and anyway if you did, you’d find the great gate shut. There’s another door,further along here, but that’s locked. You can’t get into the castle.’
　　‘Where’s the door along here?’ said Jack. They went further along, turned a corner of the castlewall, and came to a sturdy oak door, flush with the wall. The wall arched over it, and the doorfitted exactly. Jack put his eye to the keyhole but could see nothing.
　　‘Do you mean to tell me there’s no other way into this castle?’ he said to Tassie. ‘What apeculiar place! It’s like a prison.’

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