"Remove his sword," he bade a footman.
Mr.Caryll looked sharply round at him.

"My sword ?" quoth he.

"What do you mean by that?
What right ?" "We mean to keep you by us, sir," said Mr.Green on his other side, "until you have explained what you were doing with those papers--what is your interest in them." Meanwhile a servant had done his lordship's bidding, and Mr.Caryll stood weaponless amid his enemies.

He mastered himself at once.

Here it was plain that he must walk with caution, for the ground, he perceived, was of a sudden grown most insecure and treacherous.