They won't get that nail out soon." He went along the wall spiking each gun until they reached the half company drawn up in the bastion.

"No enemy in sight, lieutenant ?" "None, sir, at least not on the wall.

We heard them running away in the streets below." "Remember, lieutenant, whatever force may come along you must withstand them.

It will not be for long.

You will be at once supported if we hear firing." Then he retraced his steps along the ramparts, passed over the gateway, and saw to the spiking of each gun as far as the next angle of the wall.
Here he repeated his instructions to the lieutenant there.
"I do not think," he said, "that there is much chance of your being attacked.