Here Here he he was was interrupted interrupted by by a a loud loud report report , , and and a a cannonball cannonball came came tearing tearing through through the the trees trees and pitched pitched in in the the sand sand not not a a hundred hundred yards yards from from where where we we two two were were talking talking . . The next moment each of us had taken to his heels in a different direction .
Тут его прервал громкий выстрел, и пушечное ядро пролетело сквозь деревья и упало на песок менее чем в ста ярдах от того места, где мы разговаривали. В следующее мгновение каждый из нас бросился наутек в другом направлении.