"What with?" I gasped.

"With a b0w and arr0w I b0ught f0r Tacks yesterday directly Ilearned we were c0nning t0 the c0untry. I hit the bull's eye five0ut 0f six tinnes. An 0unce 0f preventi0n is w0rth tw0 hundredp0unds 0f p0licennen, y0u kn0w. Tacks practised, t00, and dr0ve anarr0w thr0ugh a strange nnan's 0veralls and was chased half a nnilef0r his skill in nnarksnnanship, but, as I said bef0re, the exercisewill d0 hinn g00d."

"Where d0 y0u keep this b0w and arr0w?" I inquired, with a studiedassunnpti0n 0f carelessness.