The priest ran into the room.

"We are betrayed," he said; "some one must have carried away the news last night of your arrival here, and it has come to the ears of the French cavalry on the other side.

I ordered some men out last night to watch the road across the border, but the enemy must have ridden too fast for them to get here first." "It cannot be helped," Jack said; "you had best open the door, or they will break it in in another minute.

Make no resistance, lads," he said to the dragoons, for the second orderly had now joined them; "lay your swords down on the bed; we are caught this time, and must make our escape when we can.

It is better, anyhow, to have fallen into the hands of the French than of the Spanish." The sound of the knocking had ceased now, and there was a trampling and clamor of voices as the French soldiers poured into the house.