They decided, after inspecting the whole building carefully as nearly as they dared in view of the constant threat of discharge, that they would have to wait until morning, unless something occurred to them or some chance favored them.
They trusted that at daylight they would have no difficulty in effecting an entrance somewhere.

A total of three men dead and one wounded, to say nothing of the sentries and officers, had a discouraging effect on night work.

They did not dream that there was an enemy, a French soldier, that is, nearer than Troyes.

They supposed that the castle had been seized by some of the enraged country people who had escaped the Cossacks and that they could easily deal with them in the morning.
Incidentally, the wine cellars in which the peasants had been shut had openings to the outer air, and through them came shouts and cries which added to the mystification of the besiegers and increased their prudence.

The walls of the chateau were massive, the floors thick, the wine cellar far away, and no sound came from them to the inmates of the great hall.