All bore signs of the desperate strife in which they had been engaged.
"You are welcome," the host said, advancing towards them.

"I have made preparations for your coming; eat and drink as it pleases you." Rushing to the wine casks, the soldiers appeased their thirst with long draughts of wine, and then fell upon the eatables.

Other bands followed, and the house was soon filled from top to bottom with soldiers, who ransacked the cupboards, loaded themselves with such things as they deemed worth carrying away, and wantonly broke and destroyed what they could not.

The servants were all kept busy bringing up wine from the cellars.

This was of good quality, and the soldiers, well satisfied, abstained from personal violence.
All night long pandemonium reigned in the town.