They were on other business, and their incurious minds bothered little about a city that was dead and gone for them.
Up he went steadily over uneven terraces, and from below he heard the chatter of the soldiers.

A third fire had been lighted much nearer the pyramid, and pausing a moment he looked down.

Twenty or thirty soldiers were scattered about this fire.

Their muskets were stacked and they were taking their ease.

Discipline was relaxed.