"Quite a surprise, isn't it?" she asked in grim tones.
"We are in a trap!" Harry muttered.
"That's the situation!" said the girl, quietly. "If you move hand or foot, you'll get shot. Those men never miss their mark. At such short range they could kill you even if they were not expert shots."
The Bradys saw the force of her reasoning.
In a word, they were helpless.
Neither attempted to draw a weapon in self-defense.
To do so would be to seal their doom.
An awkward silence ensued.
Old King Brady finally asked in gruff tones:
"Well, what are you going to do about it?"