He hurried through the gap in the walls and stepped onto the foot of a spiral stone staircase, which moved slowly upward as the doors closed behind him, taking him up to a polished oak door with a brass door knocker.
'From India! ' said he as he took it up, 'Pondicherry postmark! What can this be? ' Opening it hurriedly, out there jumped five little dried orange pips, which pattered down upon his plate.
But Sherman flanked them again, crossing the stream above them, and the weary gray files were forced to hurry across the yellow water and throw themselves again between the invaders and Atlanta.