She and Allan Chapter 10 - The Attack

In which the weary travellers at last emerge from the treacherous marsh to find a stronghold crowned by a forbidding precipice, where they make a tense camp upon a defensible mound, bracing themselves for a fateful conflict against a determined and mysterious enemy. As dawn breaks, amid desperate fighting and thoughtful reflection, their courage and skill are tested to the utmost until an unexpected figure arrives to alter the course of the struggle.