They were easy enough to come by.

We knew that by every mail-coach that travelled on the Southern or Western line there was always a pretty fair sprinkling of notes sent in the letters, besides what the passengers might carry with them, watches, rings, and other valuables.

It wasn't the habit of people to carry arms, and if they did, there isn't one in ten that uses 'em.

It's all very well to talk over a dinner-table, but any one who's been stuck up himself knows that there's not much chance of doing much in the resisting line.
Suppose you're in a coach, or riding along a road.

Well, you're expected and waited for, and the road party knows the very moment you'll turn up.
They see you a-coming.