"And so it was you there with the small gun.
I heard it bark, but never knew Gonzales was hit.

When did it happen ?" "When--when they fired first.

It--it was all smoke out there when I got to the window; they--they looked like--like wild beasts, and it did n't seem to me I was myself at all." The man laughed lightly.
"You did the right thing, that 's all," he consoled, anxious to control her excitement.

"Now you and I must decide what to do next--we are all alone." "Alone! Has Mr.Moylan been hit also ?" "Yes," he answered, feeling it was better to tell her frankly.

"He was shot, and is beyond our help.