The knife did not frighten Czipra: as she struggled unceasingly and desperately with the robber, she cried "Lorand! Lorand! Murder! Help!"
"Damn you!" exclaimed the robber thrusting his knife into the maiden's bosom.
Czipra suddenly seized the knife with her two hands.
At that moment Lorand appeared beside her.
At the first cry he had rushed from his room and, unarmed, hastened to Czipra's aid.
The girl was still struggling with the robber, holding him back, by sheer force, from entering the door.
Lorand sprang towards her, and dealt the intruder such a blow with his fist in the face, that two of his teeth were broken.
Two shots rang out, followed by a heavy fall and a cry of cursing.
Topándy had fired from the window and one of the four robbers fell on his face mortally wounded, while another, badly hit, floundered and collapsed near the corridor.
The two shots, the noise behind his back, and the unexpected blow confused Kandur; he retreated from the door, leaving his knife in Czipra's hand.