Creating the towers
The "tower" was a cylinder set into the wall and pivoted on an axis. One side of the cylinder was open. An external bell, placed next to it, was used to alert the guards if a baby was placed inside. The guard, known as the Sister Tourière, then operated the lathe and retrieved the child.
The players in our history have often had difficult lives, and when our forebears include foundlings, we can say that we are descended from the few survivors of poverty.
