For four days more, the fate of things hung dubious; hope soon fading again, but not quite going out till the fifth day.

And this, in fact, was mainly all of bombardment that the City had to suffer; though its fate of capture was not to be averted.

Is not Tottleben gone?
Yes; but Lacy, marching at a rate he never did before (except from Bischofswerda), is arrived in the environs this same evening, cautious but furious.

The King is far away; what are Eugen's 5,000 against these?
"On the other hand, Hulsen, leaving his Saxon affairs to their chance,--which, alas, are about extinct, at any rate; except Wittenberg, all Saxony gone from us!--Hulsen is on winged march hitherward with about 9,000.

'How would the King come on wings, like an eagle from the Blue, if he were but aware!' thought everybody, and said.