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Updated: June 6, 2025
"Look out!" cried Twing, at the same instant flinging his wiry little carcase squat under the brow of a sand-wreath. Several of the party followed his example; but, before all had housed themselves, a shot came singing past, along with the loud report of a twenty-four. The shot struck the comb of the ridge, within several yards of the group, and ricocheted off into the distant hills.
Half of the wooden double-gate of the yard was open, and the other half served us as a shield. They fired as they ran at random, I think, for it was too dark for them to have seen us clearly and two bullets slapped against the gate. A third struck the wall above our heads and ricocheted off into the night.
"Are you badly hurt?" inquired the American, becoming more nearly normal himself. "Punch through my shoulder." "Were you hit in the explosion?" "One of the Panther's machine guns ricocheted, I think." "What rotten luck!" growled Madden. Smith reached his good arm to the float. "Had it all my life in little things, Madden, but the Panther that torpedo " "Boat ahoy!" called Farnol Greer suddenly.
The hall was filled with wrecks, with broken weapons and demolished furniture. "Five o'clock," said the captain. "Keep up your courige! They are about to try to cross the river!" At that moment Francoise uttered a cry. A ball which had ricocheted had grazed her forehead. Several drops of blood appeared. Dominique stared at her; then, approaching the window, he fired his first shot.
How dared he speak of Nelly O'Neill as though she couldn't be touched with a pitchfork! Yes, and Bob Maper, too her anger ricocheted to him with his priggish notions of saving her from black bogs! And who was it that now stood over her like a fuddled accusing angel? She pulled out his letter and read viciously: "'A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee."
The guns of the Thunder Child sounded through the reek, going off one after the other, and one shot splashed the water high close by the steamer, ricocheted towards the other flying ships to the north, and smashed a smack to matchwood. But no one heeded that very much.
They struck the flagstones, bounded off, chipped the bricks of the far wall, ricocheted from those, buzzed in all directions, and generally behaved in a manner calculated to unman the stoutest hearted. The siege-party did not stop to argue. They stampeded as one man. I could hear them clattering across the flagstones to every point of the compass.
Then I ran along my battery, and directing the next two of the old muskets to the arched roof, I fired them off, bringing down with a crash handfuls of rough lime and small bits of stone, mingled no doubt with the ricocheted bullets themselves. At any rate our tarry Galligaskins soon had enough of it. He turned and made good his retreat towards the stairs up which he had forced his way.
Raphael was either trying his power or playing with it, for he talked to Jonathan, and looked towards him as he received his adversary's fire. Charles' bullet broke a branch of willow, and ricocheted over the surface of the water; Raphael fired at random, and shot his antagonist through the heart.
This was one of the most imposing sights I ever beheld; large streams of molten lava pouring down the sides of the mountain, whilst at intervals, huge masses of solid burning matter were hurled into the air, and rebounding from their fall, ricocheted down the declivity till they found a resting place at its base.
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