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| 41 | 111 | The defenders then would be trapped between the intruders within the View more quotes about holding">holding and those outside, at the canal gate. |
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| 41 | 108 | The noise of war, as nearly as I could tell, had come from the floor below. |
| 41 | 109 | This suggested to me that the men of the holding had attempted to challenge the intruders on the third level, but unsuccessfully. |
| 41 | 110 | Given the likelihood that the men of the holding were outnumbered, say, six to one, it seemed inevitable that the intruders, if only by weight of numbers, would not only maintain their hold on the third level but soon control the second, and descend to the first. |
| 41 | 111 | The defenders then would be trapped between the intruders within the holding and those outside, at the canal gate. |
| 41 | 112 | "Masters!" suddenly cried Renata, who was second in the coffle. |
| 41 | 113 | Instantly we fell to our knees. |
| 41 | 114 | Four men, with red scarves, surged into the corridor, descended, I supposed, from the fifth level, the level above us, from which the parapet could be reached. |