There were other men there to look after the ladies.

He hurried off to call for the police.

Almost as he went, Prince Shan stepped into the foreground.

His voice was calm and expressionless.

His eyes, in which there shone no shadow of fear, were steadily fixed upon Immelan.
He spoke without flurry.
"So you carry your own weapons to-night, Immelan," he said.