'Open the gate!'
Then he brought out the heavy keys; the locks were turned, the gate
growled on its hinges, and one by one they filed out. Then the gate
swung back behind them. I heard a short word of command, and the
clatter of horses' hoofs. I put the spurs to my own, and galloped back
into the town.
In half an hour the bells were ringing furiously; and it was announced
from house to house that the conspirators had fled and the town was
free.