"You should be," Bayard says, although not because he believes it so much as just in some futile attempt to keep up the tough act, to seem manly and capable. But he does as Ford says and locks the door. He can't help but continue glancing at where he hid the supplies, though.

"We're independent from the English." Bayard puts his hands on his hips, as if he were announcing this in front of the court of the king himself. "Just so you know."