"I would have gladly saved the men who were killed today.

It is one thing to slay in battle, but to slaughter unresisting men goes altogether against my grain." "Then as we are agreed on that, Oswald, I should say that we had best place the greater portion of our men well away from the wall.

We can leave two at the gate, and set two others to march round and round the moat.

I should say we had best plant the others, in pairs, a quarter of a mile round the house.

It is vastly more important to prevent Glendower from recapturing his house, by surprise, than it is to take prisoners two or three fellows making their escape." "I agree with you, Alwyn." Accordingly, when they filed out from the gate, four were posted as Alwyn had suggested.