Together they tore through the narrow rim of the crowd, striking at the faces which appeared before them, their terrific blows driving men right and left.
"This way, Neil!" shouted Nathaniel.

"This way--to the ship!" They raced up the slope that led from the town to the forest.

Even the king's officer, palsied by the suddenness of the attack, had not followed.

From a screened window in the king's building two men had witnessed the exciting scene near the jail.

One of these men was Strang.
The other was Arbor Croche.