Major Hardy, I will also trouble you.

Now both of you back up slowly against the wall." Their faces were a study, Hardy rather seeming to enjoy the experience, his thin lips smiling grimly, but Le Gaire was mad, his jaw set, his eyes glaring at me.
"I should rather like to know what all this means, young man," said the former.

"Do you expect to capture the house single-handed ?" "Hardly, but I've made a good start," now fully at ease, with a revolver in each hand, the third thrust in my belt.

"However I've no time now to explain." Without turning my face from them I sidled over to the window, speaking quietly into the darkness without: "Come in, men, one at a time." Almost to my surprise they came over the rail like so many monkeys, scarcely a sound revealing the movements.

I saw the smile fade from off the major's lips, and my eyes caught Billie's wide open in astonishment.
The fellows hustled in behind me, not knowing what was expected of them, but ready enough for anything.