"It was from the place whence we heard the footsteps awhile ago.

Listen! there they are again." I heard the same sort of dull trampling as before, and there was also a voice.
"It seems to be almost beneath us," I said.
But the footsteps were plainly going away from us, and growing fainter in the distance.

I climbed on a settle and looked out of the high window, which was set aloft so that none could see into the chamber as they passed it.

But I could see no man.

There were some wood piles and sheds between the rampart and us, but nothing stirred about them so far as I could see.