Bill's eyes went from the point of the rapier where it sparkled in the light filtering down into their sleeping quarters, to Len's face, and then back to the rapier. He had never had occasion to examine, or be shown, the contents of Leonard's rather mysterious bag of belongings, and he had certainly had no idea that a sword as magnificent as this one was among them. He wondered whether Leonard knew how to use it; and then immediately dismissed the thought - it was evident from Leonard's posture, the way he held the sword at a perfect balance in his hand, that he certainly did.

"What the hell are you going to do with that?" he demanded. "What's going on?"