There were shots, hastily exchanged, glimpses of forms slinking away across the fields.

But the attacking party had done their work; and now, alarmed by the sudden appearance of a resistance stronger than they had expected, were making their escape.

Once in a while there was heard a loud derisive shout, now and again the crack of a spiteful rifle, resounding in echoes against the hillsides.
Dunwody was among the first to disappear, in search of these besiegers.

For an instant Josephine was left alone, undecided, alarmed, in front of the great doors.

Eleazar, to save the plunging team, had now wheeled the vehicle back, and was seeking a place for it lower down the lawn.