"You knocked him down?" asked Dan, eagerly.
"I did."
"Then you must have had an excellent reason."
"I did have a very fair reason," Darrin went on, "the fellow passed the lie."
"Called you a liar?"
"That was the purport of his insult," Dave nodded.
"I'm glad you knocked him down," Dalzell went on, fervently.
"Yet I see danger ahead."
"What danger?" Dave asked, dryly.
"Cantor will report your knock-down feat to Captain Gales."
"Let him. When he hears of the provocation Captain Gales will exonerate me. Cantor will have to admit that he deliberately insulted me."