The Woman of Mystery Maurice Leblanc

There was a development among the group. Everyone assembled around the exit. An overall official, joined by two confidants, ventured out into the station-yard, where an engine vehicle stood sitting tight for him.

The strains were known about a tactical band; a legion of light infantry walked as it were. Next came a group of sixteen ponies, driven by mounted guns men and hauling a gigantic attack piece which, regardless of the heaviness of its carriage, looked light, in view of the limit length of the firearm.

A group of bullocks followed.