"Was it a serious quarrel? Did Kittredge make any threats?"
"I—I'm afraid he did—yes, I know he did. You'll see it in the letter."
"Do you remember what he said?"
"Why—er—yes."
"What was it?"
She hesitated a moment and then, as though weary of resisting, she replied: "He told Martinez that if he didn't leave this girl alone he would break his damned head for him."