Then another shout, more tremendous than ever, a shout of triumph, came from the crowd, but Harry felt a chill strike to his heart.

Young St.Clair, too, was silent and Harry saw a shadow on his face.

He looked for Shepard, but he was gone and the boy had not heard him go.
"It is all over," said St.Clair, with the certainty of prophecy.
"The cannon have spoken and it is war.

Why, where is Shepard ?" "I don't know.

He seems to have slipped away after the first two or three shots." "I suppose he considered the two or three enough.