Of course, in the event of a battle being fought and a reverse occurring, the enemy might sit down before your town.

You would be exposed to a long siege, for it might be some time before the army was again in a position to advance and fight another battle, or raise the siege.

I have little doubt that everything will be found in excellent order, but should there be any deficiencies, the duke assured me that they would be at once made good." "If you will call tomorrow morning, sir," the governor said, "I will have some of the officials, in whose charge these matters are, placed at your disposal; but I am convinced that you will find that my reports on the stores and ammunition in hand are fully borne out." "The governor is, as I expected, a good deal put out, Mike," Desmond said as he rejoined his follower, who was waiting outside with the horses.

"Now, let us find out the best hotel." "Didn't he ask you to stay with him, your honour ?" Mike asked in surprise.
"No.

He is much too grand a man for that, and besides, he may have his wife and children with him; and however much a Spaniard may place his house and all within it at your service, it is very seldom that he invites a stranger to enter it.