'I go the rounds with my brother.'
'Armed?'
'We carry arms.'
'Queer sight to see in England. But there are rascals in this country, too.'
She was guilty of saying, though not pointedly: 'We do not hire defenders.'
'In civilized lands . . .' he began and stopped 'You have Mr. Wythan?'
'Yes, we are three.'
'You call him, I think, Owain?'
'I do.'
'In your brother's hearing?'