[Tom Brown’s Schooldays by Thomas Hughes]@TWC D-Link bookTom Brown’s Schooldays CHAPTER VIII--THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 14/34
They held their breaths, and heard whispering, of which they only made out Flashman's words, "I know the young brutes are in." Then came summonses to open, which being unanswered, the assault commenced.
Luckily the door was a good strong oak one, and resisted the united weight of Flashman's party.
A pause followed, and they heard a besieger remark, "They're in safe enough.
Don't you see how the door holds at top and bottom? So the bolts must be drawn.
We should have forced the lock long ago." East gave Tom a nudge, to call attention to this scientific remark. Then came attacks on particular panels, one of which at last gave way to the repeated kicks; but it broke inwards, and the broken pieces got jammed across (the door being lined with green baize), and couldn't easily be removed from outside: and the besieged, scorning further concealment, strengthened their defences by pressing the end of their sofa against the door.
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