human
They have got the police here!
gpt
Draw off, lads, I expect it's that accursed captain, another voice exclaimed.
human
He's always riding about, with nobody but that black fellow with him. He has got to go down, that fellow has, or he will give us no end of trouble; but draw off from that window, for a moment.
gpt
What will they do next, I wonder?
human
Haven't you got any loopholes, Caister?
gpt
Yes, of course I have, Dick replied.
human
I had forgotten all about them. Yes, there are two loopholes in the logs in each side of the house, upstairs. They have been shut up by wisps of straw, ever since the house was built.
gpt
Have you seen anything, Shillito?
human
Not a thing. One would almost think that they have bolted.
gpt
They will hardly do that, I fancy, Reuben said.
human
There are ten or twelve of them, but I think one or two must have got a bullet in them.
gpt
I wish they would come on,