They seemed to be taking things easily, complained that the nights were a little chilly and that business at home was at a standstill.

In the course of my walk I saw a great many barricades in process of formation.

Eventually, I presume, we shall have a second line of defences within the outer walls.
This second line has already been divided, like the ramparts, into nine sections, each with a separate commander.

I met at least a dozen _soi-disant_ Prussian spies being conducted to prison.

Each of them was surrounded by twelve men, with bayonets fixed.