Blaisdell started conversation by saying he believed the fight was over for that particular time.

No one disputed him.
Evidently Gaston Isbel was loath to believe it.

Jean, however, watching at the back of the kitchen, eventually discovered that the Jorth gang had lifted the siege.

Jean saw them congregate at the edge of the brush, somewhat lower down than they had been the day before.

A team of mules, drawing a wagon, appeared on the road, and turned toward the slope.