Then they rushed into the pagoda, bayoneting all they found there.
Charlie, who had just dropped off to sleep, sprang to his feet, as did the other officers.

While, confused by the noise and suddenness of the attack, others scarcely understood what was happening, Clive's clear head and ready judgment grasped the situation at once.
"Gentlemen," he said calmly, "there is no firing going on in the direction of the Great Pagoda.

Follow me there at once." Snatching up their arms, the officers followed him at a run.

The whole village was a scene of wild confusion.

The firing round the pagoda and caravansary were continuous.