We had been made to understand some time earlier that if we would agree to do no violence they would withdraw their constant attendance, and we promised most willingly.
So there we sat, at ease; all in similar dress; our hair, by now, as long as theirs, only our beards to distinguish us.

We did not want those beards, but had so far been unable to induce them to give us any cutting instruments.
"Ladies," Terry began, out of a clear sky, as it were, "are there no men in this country ?" "Men ?" Somel answered.

"Like you ?" "Yes, men," Terry indicated his beard, and threw back his broad shoulders.

"Men, real men." "No," she answered quietly.

"There are no men in this country.