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`` We have sentries on all the lower hills round here and Glencoe , and there is no fear of our being surprised . The sooner they come the better , for we are all longing to get at them ; and I can tell you we felt quite jealous when we heard of your spirited affair to-day . I can assure you that we shall have a greater respect for the volunteers than we had before , and if all do as well as you have done to-day they will be a most valuable addition to our force . '' After their visitor had left , they sat chatting round a fire till ten o'clock , and then turned in . All in the little camp , save the two sentries , slept soundly until , at two in the morning , they awoke with a sudden start . A deep boom and a strange rushing sound was in their ears . With exclamations of surprise they all scrambled out of their tents .