“It contained a couch, two campstools, a loaded Martini-Henry leaning in one corner, a tiny table, and the steering wheel” (p.40). The Martini-Henry rifle was greatly used in England in the late 1800s. It was used for over thirty years, a very long span for the same rifle. This is yet another example of the author alluding to materials of his time period. They set the stage for this story, and without them the reader would be lost not knowing the era in which these events are supposed to take place.
“Rifles and Carbines.” Martini-Henry. 29 Aug. 2009. http://www.martinihenry.com/
really? the reader would be lost were it not for the inclusion of the specific model of gun?
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