"My dear boy," answered the Swiss, "I desire it-if it would only come without great agony; consider that now I am completely unarmed, and if any one of the Mahdists whom I routed should accidentally stray to this hollow, alone he could stab me like a sheep."
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
It is made simply as man to man; as two strangers might meet in the desert, one unarmed and threatened by a wild beast, the other armed, and ready and willing to do what he can.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
To relieve you of any apprehension I don't mind telling you that I am totally unarmed.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey