"To arms, to arms!" shouted the count, and his two companions.
In a few words don Andrés was informed of the state of matters, and while he had his daughter guarded in her rooms, by some devoted attendants, and organized the defense as well as circumstances permitted him, the majordomo, followed by the two young men and their servants, dashed into the garden.
Ludovic and Dolores had only exchanged one word.
"I am going to my father's rooms," she said.
"I will join you there."
"I shall expect you, no one but you will approach me?"
"I swear it."
"Thanks."
And they separated. On reaching the garden, the five men distinctly heard the hurried blows which the assailants were dealing on the wall.
They ambushed themselves within pistol shot of the issue, behind a clump of trees and shrubs.