"I'll have satisfaction for this outrage offered to my monkey," said Bragg.
"I'll give you satisfaction, sir! I'm no Botts, to be bullied by you, sir! If you don't get out of this house, I'll take you by the neck and heels and throw you out, and your monkey after you!"
The landlord was a powerful and determined man. He had fought under Old Hickory at New Orleans. He stood six feet three in his stockings, and could easily have executed his threat.
"Do you not keep a house for the accommodation of travelers?" said Bragg. "For the entertainment of man and beast?"
"But not for the entertainment of man and devil! That monkey is a born devil, sir!"
"He was a royal present from her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar," said Bragg.
"A royal present from his Majesty the Old Boy!" said Boniface. "He gets loose just when he pleases. He chased the cooks out of the kitchen, and ate up the eggs they had got for breakfast. He stole a negro baby out of its cradle and hid it in the wood-house."
"He is a cannibal!" said Seddon.
"One of the captain's long-tailed African friends," said Toney.