But after all, whether by that or the thrust of a Roundhead sword makes little difference in the end.

I would fain have fallen in the field, though." "Perhaps," Harry suggested, "the fire may not reach us here.

The walls are very thick, and the chamber below is empty." The prince shook his head.
"The heat of the fire in a house like this will crack stone walls," he said.
He then took off his cloak and threw it over the stone, dressing it down tightly to prevent the smoke from curling in.

Through the loophole they could now hear a roar, and crackling sounds, and a sudden glow lit up the country.
"The flames are bursting through the windows," Harry said.

"They will bring our troop down ere long." "The troop will do us no good," Prince Rupert replied.