They knelt on the seat, and fired deliberatelydetails

Annie dragged herself to her knees. ‘Give me a gin.’ she said, and the English boy gazed at her admiringly.

‘I say,’ he said, ‘you’ve got some pluck! I can shoot too, Dan.’

They knelt on the seat, and fired deliberately into the advancing mass, while Dan, leaping out, unfastened the heavy gates and flung them back.” (p. 296)