I arrived at the window just as the scoundrel was pointing his pistol toward you, and then there was no time to give myself up, and I had nothing to do for it but to put a bullet through his head in order to save you.

Then I opened fire upon the rest, and my boy drove off their horses.

They were seized with a panic and bolted, thinking they were surrounded.

Of course I kept up my fire, and there are four of them in the next room besides their captain.

And now, if you please, I will get you, in the first place, to bind my arm tightly across my chest, for one of their bullets hit me in the left shoulder, and has, I fancy, broken it." The girl gave an exclamation of dismay.
"Do not be alarmed, Miss Kingston; a broken shoulder is not a serious matter, only I would rather it had not happened just at the present moment; there are more important affairs in hand.