It was now broad daylight, and the sun was shining upon the hilltops.

A quarter of an hour passed, without a movement from the enemy.

Dick and his companion occupied the time in further strengthening the door with crossbeams, kept in their place by struts.
"If they break it to splinters," Dick said, when they had finished, "they will hardly be able to force their way in, for if they were to try to crawl in between those crossbeams, they would be completely at our mercy.
"Now, we must get ready for a rush.

I expect they will come all together.

There are the six guns, and three pistols each.