Some passed over the houses, exploding between the hamlet and the castle.

The towers of the Desnoyers property were beginning to attract the aim of the artillerymen.

The owner was therefore about to abandon his dangerous observatory when he saw something white like a tablecloth or sheet floating from the church tower.

His neighbors had hoisted this signal of peace in order to avoid bombardment.

A few more missiles fell and then there was silence.
When Don Marcelo reached his park he found the Warden burying at the foot of a tree the sporting rifles still remaining in his castle.