Unless for this, that those midnight assassins, if the flash and report should frighten them, would abandon the horses already killed, and start after those which were scared away and had run from the camp as far as their fettered legs would permit them.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Mea was ordered to take Nell's clothes out of the leather bag in which they were packed, to dry them, and to dress anew the little girl as soon as possible; while Stas himself, taking his rifle, proceeded to visit the camp and at the same time to view the devastation wrought by the storm and the two midnight assassins.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
It is supposed that an expedition will soon be fitted out against these assassins and their haunts.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot