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`` I hope we shall take it , '' Chris said . `` We shall have a good deal more trouble about it than we should have had at the attack in December , when it was virtually in our hands , whereas now it looks stronger than any point along the line . '' Chris , however , was much more communicative to Captain Brookfield , who said as he entered his tent , `` Well , Chris , did you get there in time ? '' `` Yes , sir ; we caught them as they were attacking the house at ten o'clock that night . They were too busy to notice us , and we killed eleven and wounded eighteen , and stampeded their ponies . They bolted on foot , but came back in hopes of surprising us two hours later , which I need hardly say they failed to do . Then they made off for the place where the herds they had captured were waiting for them .