He had not thought that men could fire so fast, but they had three or four rifles apiece.
The silence which had replaced the shrill shouting in the town continued.

All the crash was now in front of them, and where they stood the sound of the human voice would carry.

In a dim far-away manner Ned heard the guards talking to one another.

Their words showed uneasiness.
It was not the swift triumphal rush into the Alamo that they had expected.

Great swaths had been cut through the Mexican army.