Their jaws ceased to work to give the eyes and ears full scope.

It soon became evident that the services of their eyes were alone needed.
Each gendarme regained his room without light.

The numerous barrack windows remained dark, so that the watchers were able to concentrate their attention on a single point.
Among those dark windows, two were lighted.

They stood relatively back from the rest of the building, and directly opposite to the one where the young men were supping.

These windows were on the first floor, but in the position the watchers occupied at the top of bales of hay, Morgan and Valensolle were not only on a level, but could even look down into them.