So it appeared that Diurbanu's words had conveyed no empty threat.

The work of revenge had begun with St.George, and now came Toroczko's turn.

That the latter place was offering a spirited resistance could be inferred from the lively firing that was to be plainly heard.

But how would it be when the attack in the rear should begin, from the direction of the Szekler Stone?
Could Aaron and his forty men offer any effectual opposition to the invaders?
Night must have fallen ere this.

Manasseh paced his prison cell in almost unbearable impatience, as he listened to the distant firing, and watched the red glow over the door growing gradually brighter.