He arose, and wrapping himself in his dressing-gown went to the next room, where he took from a shelf in the pantry several large bottles, which he carried to the window, till they stood on the sill a goodly row.

There had been sufficient light in the room for him to do this without a candle.

Now he softly opened the sash, and the radiance of a gibbous moon riding in the opposite sky flooded the apartment.

It fell on the labels of the captain's bottles, revealing their contents to be simple aerated waters for drinking.
De Stancy looked out and listened.

The guns that stood drawn up within the yard glistened in the moonlight reaching them from over the barrack-wall: there was an occasional stamp of horses in the stables; also a measured tread of sentinels--one or more at the gates, one at the hospital, one between the wings, two at the magazine, and others further off.