Be sure you don't get in front of any of the loopholes." There came a heavy push at the door, but neither it nor the bar showed the slightest sign of giving way.

Henry laughed low.
"They can't get enough warriors against that door to push it in," he said.
The two boys rapidly reloaded the empty rifles, and now each crouched against the wall, where no chance bullet through a loophole could reach him.

An eye unused to the darkness could have seen nothing there.

Their figures were blended against the logs, and they did not speak, but each, listening intently, could hear what was going on outside.

Paul's fancy, as usual, added to the reality.