"Over with you, then," said the man who challenged; "but you will not all come back."
Sree made a show of hesitating.
"What, is it a hard fight?" he said.
"Yes; hundreds have been shot down as fast as they tried to climb the gates. What! Are you afraid?"
"Afraid? No," said Sree, seating himself on the top of the wall.
The man laughed again, and his laugh was echoed by what sounded like a score of companions.
"There, don't shirk it," said the man in command. "You must take your chance, and there'll be plenty of loot for those who are first in."
"Then why don't you go?" growled Sree.
"Because we're ordered to stop here by our leader. Come, over with you."
Sree hesitated for a moment or two.