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Measures well taken, but too late for some. Eddy, Claverhouse, and two other officers were just following Roland out of the door, to get their men hurriedly together, and get their women and children out of the bungalows, when a Company's officer, a young man of great promise--just married--ran into them, and hurriedly asked for a pistol.
"Are they up so soon?" said Claverhouse.