But how were they to get possession of the armor?
It was absolutely necessary to do this to get aboard the Explorer once more.
“Whew!” exclaimed Roger. “Here’s a pretty how-de-do!”
“I should say so!”
“They’ve got the best of us.”
“It seems so!”
“What is to be done?”
This was a question.
But the barbarians proceeded to solve this for themselves.
They began to rip one of the suits of armor literally to pieces.