Under Wittenberg (4) ... Into the Treasure Chamber ....

continued from the previous post....

They crossed the pit picking up a new assistant in the form of a cat, down the steps and into another passageway ..

and the other party were heading in the same direction, parallel to them 

The men form the royal society passed through a door into a large chamber...

while they were were looking round they heard the noise of footsteps and low voices, they moved cautiousy towards the sounds ...

The other party (Red Jack and some of his gang) were also finding their way around the large chamber...

The two parties could see each other dimly in the lights from their lamps....

Suddenly two of  Red Jack's gang rushed the men of the royal society; the cat scurried off into the darkness as one of the gang turned on their leader Red Jack ...

She knocked Red Jack down and went to help the men of the royal society...

In the darkness and confusion with some light provided by dropped lamps, the affray continued ...

Red Jack had managed to get up, grab a lamp and with the monk headed back out the door they had come in .... meanwhile two of Red Jack's gang had been knocked to the floor...

The men of the royal society found out that the the person who had come to their aid was Mlle Jeanette Dimanche, one of Givenchy's Irregulars who had infiltrated Red Jack's gang. The two remaining rogues after coming round were held at sword point while someone went for the guard on the church crypt door...

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Some time later the two rogues were escorted out and off to the town jail, under the watchful eye of Mlle Dimanche..

With additional guards, the work cataloguing the contents of the large chamber could proceed. The great golden bell - could it be the be the 'Mother of Voices' ?

amongst the other items was a large gold cup - maybe this was the fabulous 'Whorled Cup'?

The contents once catalogued were to be removed to the Kings treasury for safekeeping and study. How they would get the great bell out would be a challenge..