“But I say it’s enough!”
“If you interfere, you’ll have to fight, also!”
“Do you want to kill the man?”
“If he does not swallow his lying words, I shall never stop till he is dead or unconscious!”
He meant it, and Skelding knew it. He knew that he could not endure such fearful punishment much longer, and yet he hated to give up.
“You—you devil!” he almost sobbed, his heart filled with shame and anger.
“You lied about her, Skelding! You know it, and I know it. Take back those words!”
“I will not!”
Crack—down Gene went.
Bart waited for him to rise, and he got up slowly.