I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive, seven or eight of them, running hard, their feet beating out of time along the road, and the man with the lantern some paces in front.

• 我刚躲好，敌人就开始出现了。 他们总共有七八个人，沿着大路急急地跑来，脚步杂沓不齐，提着风灯的家伙领先其他人几步。