Part 99 (1/2)
”They have received a reinforcehty Ah!” sighed Porthos
”If they fire all at once they will riddle us with balls”
”Certainly they will”
”Without reckoning,” added Araht occasion a collapse of the cavern”
”Ay,” said Porthos, ”a piece of falling rock just now grazed ”
”Weto continue to roll the canoe towards the sea”
”Very well”
”We till keep the powder, the balls, and the muskets here”
”But only two, ether,” said Porthos, innocently, ”the defense by musketry is a bad one”
”Find a better, then”
”I have found one,” said the giant, eagerly; ”I will place myself in ambuscade behind the pillar with this iron bar, and invisible, unattackable, if they come in floods, I can let my bar fall upon their skulls, thirty times in a minute _Hein!_ what do you think of the project? You sreatly; only you will frighten them, and half of theood friend, is the entire destruction of the troop A single survivor encoht, my friend, but how can we attract theood Porthos”
”Well! on't stir, then; but when they are all together--”
”Then leave it to me, I have an idea”
”If it is so, and your idea proves a good one--and your idea is ood--I am satisfied”
”To your ambuscade, Porthos, and count how many enter”
”But you, ill you do?”
”Don't trouble yourself about me; I have a task to perform”
”I think I hear shouts”
”It is they! To your post Keep within reach of e in the second colided into the third; the giant held in his hand an iron bar of about fifty pounds weight Porthos handled this lever, which had been used in rolling the bark, withthis time, the Bretons had pushed the bark to the beach In the further and lighter co and concealed, was busy with soiven in a loud voice