"I am proposing to give myself that pleasure," he returned. "That is, of course, if you on your part have no objection."
Dick's black eyes surveyed him keenly. "I am quite capable of protecting my wife single-handed," he said. "Not that there will be any need."
Saltash executed a smiling bow. "I am delighted to hear you say so. Have you got a cigarette to spare?"
Dick took out his case and held it to him. Saltash helped himself, the smile still twitching the corners of his mouth.
"Thanks," he said lightly. "So you have no anxieties about to-night!"
"None," said Dick.
"You think the men will come to heel?"
"They haven't broken away yet," Dick reminded him curtly.
Saltash raised his eyes suddenly. "When they do—what then?" he said.
"What do you mean?" said Dick.