Cyrus Harding evidently could not resist fifty ruffians, all well armed, who, either by penetrating by main force into Granite House, or by starving out the besieged, could obtain from them what they wanted.
Era indudable que Ciro Smith no podría resistir a cincuenta bandidos bien armados y que penetrando a viva fuerza en el Palacio de granito, o sitiando por hambre a los colonos, los vencerían.