"Do you recognise this?" he asked, holding up a neural whip like the one Kate had."Yes," said Helen very quietly, "Kate had one at the auction." Just ...o, now when I touch it to your skin like this."He reached towards her hand and she snatched it away and ran to the door."Come back and sit down," he said with real venom in his voice.Helen obeyed very slowly and when she was sitting next to him he said, "As I was saying, when I touch this to your skin like this," Helen flinched and shuddered. "Your brothers?" Nathan stammered."Your dad is Charlie Marsh isn't he?" How the hell did you know that? Yes." The other said, and then almost immediately continued, "Christ this all makes sense now." Nathan, please introduce us to our other brother." Tina asked."Sorry, please meet Wallace, he is a year older than I, but I run the show." Half right, I am a year older. What are you two doing in a strange car at night? Dad said you are pretty cautious after Germany." We come bearing guns,. If not I'll be quiet at once."Deanna was standing over him as he crouched inside his cage. In one hand she held a ball gag, in the other her bundle of papers. "What if it is?" she said warily. "They want the money. I'll end up having to pay." Well, there may be ways of reducing what you owe. Allowances, expenses, that sort of thing."She still looked suspicious but she let him out of his cage. "Here," she said tossing the forms to the floor in front of him. "See if you can see anything. But stay. As he formally greeted each one, he wondered what unfortunate circumstances, what grievous misconduct, had caused them to be assigned to Fort Amatilla. No doubt they were wondering the same thing about him.After meeting the men, he toured the inside of the fort. The men slept in wooden bunks along the walls, while as commanding officer he had one corner for his living quarters, walled off with hanging blankets. The inspection didn't take long. Once he was satisfied that the cannons were in good.