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Updated: July 15, 2025
After a half-hour, steps are heard on the stairs. Pierre's vigilant ear detects his son's gait. Quickly resetting pistol-hammers and placing both weapons under his pillow, the much relieved father feigns sleep under screen of upturned arm, watching lower half of cellar door. It seems a long while before the door opens. Convinced that his son is alone, Pierre has no use for the pistols.
There was a terrible silence; then a scratching was heard below: and, above, the deadly click of the pistol-hammers brought to full cock. And then there was a heavy pattering rush, and Vulcan came charging up the stairs like a lion.
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