"You'll change your tune before long, though."
"I will, eh?"
"Sure. You'll find this place so damn hot for you that you'll be glad to get out."
"H'm," and Douglas gave a sarcastic laugh. "You have tried to make it hot for me already, so I believe. How did you succeed?"
"What do you mean?" Ben demanded.
"You know as well as I do. You set two men upon me the other night, as you were too much of a coward to face me yourself. Now you understand my meaning. If you want to make things hot for me, step right out here. Now is your chance."
"I wouldn't foul my hands fighting a thing like you," Ben snarled.
"No, simply because you know what would happen to you. You are too cowardly to face a man, but you have no hesitation about ruining an innocent girl, and leaving her to a miserable fate."
At these words Ben clutched the door of his car, threw it open and stepped quickly out upon the road. His face was livid with rage, and his body was trembling.
"Explain yourself!" he shouted. "How dare you make such a charge?"