`I and the rest of the troop will be ready to storm the place as soon as we see the flames.

Go now, lose no time; and, hark you, there is no quarter to-night for traitors!' "This last remark may have been meant for the captain, who knew that, at heart, he was a traitor to the Parliament that night; or it may have been meant for the inmates of the castle.

Anyway, it sounded ugly enough, and it was all Morgan could do to hold his peace and make no reply.
"He found the six men waiting for him without, and in the darkness they crept stealthily round to the edge of the cliff, where a narrow ledge led down to the end of the cave.
"It was a perilous step down, especially to those unaccustomed to the way.

But the spot had been carefully marked in the daytime, and presently the little band all stood there at the entrance.

Morgan in his secret heart wished some sentinel of the besieged might have perceived them, and so given an alarm.