The sun rose.

He had listened in vain; not the faintest sound did his ear detect.
"The Alamo has fired its last gun," he said, on rejoining his companions.
"And the men, General ?" "They have died like men.

You may be sure of that." At Gonzales he heard the particulars.

And he saw that the news had exerted a depressing influence upon the troops there.

He called them together.