Bowie ran out at the door, and Ned followed him.
Across the meadows the Comanches scurried on their ponies, and a group of white men sent a volley after them.

Then the white men galloped toward the convent.

Bowie walked forward to meet them.
"You were never more welcome, Fannin," he said to the leader of the group.
The man sprang from his horse, and grasped Bowie's hand.
"We rode as fast as we could, but I didn't know it was you, Jim," he said.

"Some of our scouts heard a bell somewhere playing The Star Spangled Banner in the night.

We thought they were dreaming, but they swore to it.