But we should lose face no end--horribly." "Let's come to facts," urged Heywood.

"Arms, for example.

What have we?
To my knowledge, one pair of good rifles, mine and Sturgeon's.
Ammunition--uncertain, but limited.

Two revolvers: my Webley.450, and that little thing of Nesbit's, which is not man-stopping.

Shot-guns?
Every one but you, padre: fit only for spring snipe, anyway, or bamboo partridge.