You must have one in your hands all the time." "Not for mine," smiled Reade.

"To tell you the truth, Nicolas, guns sometimes make me nervous.

If I had one I might be clumsy enough to shoot myself with it." "Nicolas is talking sense," interrupted Hazelton, speaking in English.

"Both you and I should be armed." "By all means have Nicolas get a gun for you, Harry, if you will," Reade answered, coolly.

"But none for me." "I'd like to meet Gato face to face and on equal terms," Harry went on, dropping back into the Spanish tongue.
"So would I," agreed his chum.