Quotation from: Elsinore

Written by: Jack London

Events still crowded so closely that I missed much. I saw the
steward, belligerent and cautious, his long knife poised for a slash,
emerge from the chart-house. Margaret followed him, and behind her
came Wada, who carried my .22 Winchester automatic rifle. As he told
me afterwards, he had brought it up under instructions from her.

Mr. Pike was glancing with cool haste at his Colt to see whether it
was jammed or empty, when Margaret asked him the course.