Then the trumpeter who was with them sounded the recall, and in a few minutes the Royalist troops came riding back.

They could see Jacob pointing to the burning building and gesticulating with his arms.

Then a party dashed up to the house, and were lost to sight.
The prince and Harry both shouted at the top of their voices, but the roar of the flames and the crash of falling beams deadened the sound.
The heat had by this time become intense.

They had gradually divested themselves of their clothing, and were bathed in perspiration.
"This heat is terrific," Prince Rupert said.

"I did not think the human frame could stand so great a heat.