" There were at least two score of them ; and although at first I had no fear -- knowing their cowardly nature -- I was soon brought to a different way of thinking .
"Их было по меньшей мере два десятка; и хотя поначалу я не испытывал страха, зная их трусливую натуру, вскоре я пришел к другому образу мышления.