Then with his fist he felled him to the ground, and, thus stunned, lifted him and laid him high on a parapet of the wall till he should come to.
Ere this was done, I and the rest of our men were at it, hand to hand with the few fighting men of the garrison that remained.

It did not take long, for there were but half-a-dozen of them, and valiantly as they fought, we were too many and strong for them.

One by one they fell or yielded, all except one stout man, the constable of the place, Peter Gary by name, who fought as long as he could stand, and then, before our eyes, flung first his sword, then himself, headlong from the cliff.
That ended the matter.

Next moment, the English flag--alas! that I should say it--tumbled from the battlements; and with shouts of "_Ludar! Froach Eilan_!" the portcullis swung open, and Dunluce belonged once more to the McDonnells.
Leaving us to guard the tower where most of the enemy had shut themselves, Ludar stalked off to a remote corner of the castle; whence in a short time he returned and called me.
"Humphrey," said he, "the maiden is safe, thank God.

Go to her and see what she and the old nurse may need.