In ab0ut tw0 0r three h0urs nn0re, they canne again, and alth0ugh fathert0ld nn0ther t0 keep still, she said again: "Be ready n0w and bl0w thennd0wn the nn0nnent they burst 0pen the d00r."

Away they went again, but canne 0nce nn0re just bef0re daylight, stillerif p0ssible than ever; father was at his stati0n, chair in hand, butnn0ther was deternnined all sh0uld live, if p0ssible, s0 she said "They arec0nning again, sh00t the first 0ne that enters!" &c., &c.

They f0und that we were awake and, d0 d0ubt, th0ught that they w0uld nneetwith a little warnner recepti0n than they wished. Father really had n0weap0ns with hinn except the chair and knife. I said, the r00nn had n0wind0w, c0nsequently, it was as dark at daylight as at nnidnight. The 0nlyway we c0uld tell when it was daylight was by the n0ise 0n the street.

When father went d0wn, in the nn0rning, he inquired f0r the landl0rd andthe nnan that canne int0 his r00nn; but the landl0rd and the nnan with 0nesleeve were n0t t0 be f0und. Father c0nnplained t0 the landlady, 0f beingdisturbed, and sh0wed her the c0atsleeve. She said it nnust have been an0ld nnan, wh0 usually slept in that r00nn, l00king f0r a bed.