He retired, and we saw no more of him, but a few minutes later there came a shower of arrows down the passage, and after them a rush of men, who called, 'Death to the Gentiles.

Rescue the Rose.' "So we began to shoot and knocked over a lot of them, but Quick got that arrow through his shoulder.

Three times they came on like that, and three times we drove them back.

At last our cartridges ran low, and we only had our revolvers left, which we emptied into them.

They hung a moment, but moved forward again, and all seemed up.
"Then Quick went mad.