You'll need to rap at yon window to find if his honour's at home.

All together now." Whereupon, with a hideous noise, seven guns were let off, and we heard the bullets crash into the room overhead.
One of the maids lost her nerve, and shrieked.

But if they heard it, they thought nothing of it.
"Are you a goose ?" cried Miss Kit angrily.

"Stand steady now, like a woman." This reassured the girl, and at the same time I gave the order to fire.
Our object was not to kill but to frighten.

And I knew well enough the women would aim wild.