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To be sure, the yagers were drunk with strong liquor; they aimed

poorly and missed their mark; few inflicted wounds and hardly a

single one killed his man: however, two of the Maciejs were

already wounded, and one of the Bartlomiejs had fallen. The

gentry replied but sparingly from their few guns, and were eager

to attack the enemy with swords; but the older men restrained

them: each moment the bullets whistled, struck, and forced the

gentry to retreat-soon they would have cleared the yard; already

they began to ring on the windows of the house.