Allen placed a pistol at his head and ordered him to stand aside.
The man obeyed like one in a dream.
Allen stood by the bedside of the sleeping commandant.
"Get up!" shouted the mountaineer.
The voice was loud enough to rouse the sleeper, who thought that the French had taken a fancy to come down the lake and try to recapture the fortress.
"Get up!"
The commandant sat up in bed.
"What do you want? Who are you?"
"Surrender this fortress instantly."
"By what authority?"