You can have a burglar alarm installed and special
locks on allyour doors and windows fitted. Idon't think
I would keep a weapon because I don't know now to
use one. Shirley was given two pistols. Then the two
girls had supper and Caroline was given a knife.
They didn't go to bed, but waited for something to
happen. A troop of men approached the house
making the dog bark. Caroline was scared to death.
Fortunately, the troop left without attacking the house
and the girls decided to go to bed.