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The scion of the house of Burrell gave vent to some scarcely intelligible sounds, that resembled "Hoo-rogler pop-pop!" which his mother averred was astonishingly plain, and deserving of a kiss; and, snatching him up, she gave him two or three hearty ones, and then planted him in his father's lap again."
If I know them then my hand will be strengthened." "Meanwhile you love Lady Ranscomb's daughter, you say?" "Yes. I love Dorise with all my heart. She, of course, knows nothing of the conditions of the will." There was a silence of some moments, interrupted only by the pop-pop of the pigeon-shots below.
There was a mad charge on the heels of the scurrying populace, a scattering pop-pop of rifles, cheers, cries, shrieks of defiance and far-flung insults directed at the fortinas. Bugles blew on the hilltops; the defenders armed themselves and began to fire into the village.
These reports grew rapidly in volume, and now became mixed up with the bass "pop-pop" of machine guns. The rolling sound of conflict spread from the centre along the whole right front. Till now it had been exclusively a small-arm fight. At this point the Bolshevik artillery began to chime in, followed by the Japanese and Czech batteries.
We were continually on the look-out for wounded, and always alert for the agonised cry of "Stretcher-bearers!" away on some distant knoll or down below in the thickets. Looking back the bay shimmered a silver-white streak with grey battleships lying out. In front the fighting broke out in fierce gusts. "Pop-pop-pop-pop! Pop-pop!" went the machine-gun.
But when she took up the baby, and made him put his chubby arms round his father's neck, and say "pese pop-pop," he was completely vanquished, and surrendered at discretion. "I'll see what can be done," said he, at last. "And will you do it afterwards?" she asked, archly. "Yes, I will, dear, I assure you," he rejoined.
But they resolved, at the first opportunity, to make use of the information. The shooting of the big guns gradually ceased when it was made manifest that neither side was ready for a general engagement. The pop-pop of the machine weapons, too, died away and the star shells ceased rising.
Below, beyond the railway line which is the one blemish to the picturesque scene, out upon the point in the sea the constant pop-pop showed that the tir-aux-pigeons was in progress; while up and down the terrace, enjoying the quiet silence of the warm winter sunshine with the blue hills of the Italian coast to the left, strolled a gay, irresponsible crowd the cosmopolitans of the world: politicians, financiers, merchants, princes, authors, and artists the crowd which puts off its morals as easily as it discards its fur coats and its silk hats, and which lives only for gaiety and without thought of the morrow.
And then long jets of fire seemed to mingle with the stars, and I heard the pop-pop of pistol-shots and more shouting. But before this we were off and away I still flat on the mare's back, with a hand in her mane and my knees wedged against the tubs; away and galloping for the head of the beach, with the whole troop of laden horses pounding at our heels.
Even above the "pop-pop" of their motorcycles could be heard the terrible roar of the German guns as they were brought to bear on Dead Man's Hill, paving the way for an infantry advance, which was to come a few hours later.
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