He grew pale, and cried: "It is Jovial! my horse! What are they doing to my horse ?" With that, opening the door he rushed down the stairs precipitately.
The two sisters clung together, so terrified at the sudden departure of the soldier, that they saw not an enormous hand pass through the broken panes, unfasten the catch of the window, push it violently open, and throw down the lamp placed on the little table, on which was the soldiers's knapsack.

The orphans thus found themselves plunged into complete darkness..