Mark hesitated for a moment or two, and then, as if speaking with an effort, he blurted out:
“And thought I ought to join you, each getting together some men, and going and taking the ruffians by surprise.”
“Yes; and he said all that to me.”
“Oh! Well, it’s quite impossible for us to fight together as friends, isn’t it?”
“Quite,” cried Ralph.
“We did once, though,” suggested Mark.
“Yes, so we did. Well, couldn’t we again if we tried?”
“I don’t know,” said Mark thoughtfully. “We should have to do it in secret if we did.”
“Oh yes; nobody must know, or it would be stopped.”
“Well, I’ve thought a deal about it. What do you say? Shall we try?”