Not a light was to be seen, not a sound to be heard; the whole place was wrapped in profound repose.
Fixing their ladders, they ascended cautiously and with noiseless steps.
Ortega was the first that mounted upon the battlements, followed by one Martin Galindo, a youthful esquire full of spirit and eager for distinction.

Moving stealthily along the parapet to the portal of the citadel, they came upon the sentinel by surprise.

Ortega seized him by the throat, brandished a dagger before his eyes, and ordered him to point the way to the guard-room.

The infidel obeyed, and was instantly despatched, to prevent his giving an alarm.

The guard-room was a scene rather of massacre than combat.