Give me the cord." A few steps and they reached the wall.

After two attempts the hook caught, and Hector climbed up.

He was looking back to watch Paolo when he was suddenly seized from behind, and a deep voice in Italian said, "If you move I will kill you.

Who are you ?" With a sudden effort Hector twisted himself round and seized the disengaged wrist of his opponent, which he doubted not held a dagger.
The man loosened his hold of his doublet and tried to grasp his neck, but Hector in a moment leapt forward and threw his arm round the man's waist.

They wrestled backwards and forwards, but the soldier was a powerful man, and Hector found that he could not long retain a grasp of his wrist.