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"See the ladies up the stairs to the turret, and take up your post on the lower stairs. Four more men shall join you at once." He found that Mieville had already got all the men under arms, and had ranged them between the bivouac fires and the still glowing chateau. "Move your men along farther, Mieville.
This I was glad to do, for, indeed, had it not been for his kind offer my daughter and I would scarcely have known whither to go, as my husband expended his last crown in equipping a force for the service of the duke." At this moment Macpherson exclaimed: "I see the head of a company mounting the slope, colonel." "Yes, and there is Captain Mieville.
"At best it is but an arrangement for our mutual advantage, and I, on my part, thank you and mademoiselle most heartily for falling in with my wishes." The decision had scarcely been made when one of the lieutenants ran in. "Captain Mieville requests me to state that sounds have been heard in the forest, and that he believes there is a large body of men approaching."
When Paolo took some supper round to the two ladies, he returned with a message that they hoped Colonel Campbell would join them in their meal. "See that the sentries are on the alert, Mieville," he said as he got up from the fire round which he and the three officers were sitting; "you must remember that these poor fellows are desperate.
I broke my way through, and, hearing that there were troops in this direction, I have galloped at full speed to implore your aid." "How far is it?" "About ten miles." "You hear, de Mieville; bring the men on with all speed. I will gallop forward with my troopers and do what I can. Do I go straight along the road?"
"I think most of them will do," Captain Mieville said. "They are ugly looking gashes, but it is not like a bullet in the body." The men who had been killed were found in most cases to have been slain outright from the blows of hatchets, which had in several cases completely severed their heads.
Ah! he has halted the men, and is riding forward alone to take in the situation. I hope that the peasants won't catch sight of him." When Mieville reached a point where he could obtain a view of the front of the chateau he checked his horse, and after surveying the scene for a minute rode back to the company. A movement was at once visible. "He is extending them on each side," Hector said.
As soon as the alarm was given, Hector, the four troopers, and Paolo had mounted. The three officers were also on horseback. "In case the company charges, Mieville," he said, "we nine mounted men can cover the rear and charge any of the insurgents who try to rush in and take them in the rear.
Suddenly a stream of fire burst from the semicircle of troops. Some thirty of the insurgents fell, the others threw down their arms and fell upon their knees crying for mercy. The troops were rushing forward to finish their work, when Hector shouted "Halt!" "De Mieville," he said, as the officer rode up towards the tower, "do not shed more blood.
The other infantry regiments had furnished similar contingents, showing that the siege was to be pushed forward with all haste. "Enghien does not allow the grass to grow under his feet," Captain Mieville said. "We stormed Wimpfen a few hours after our arrival before it; we carried Rothenburg in a single night, and I expect that by tomorrow evening we shall be masters of this place."
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