"How can I? Because you've given me cause for treachery, as you call it, by your own treachery. An eye for an eye, my lad! I told Molyneux that story and I think I'd good reason for it. And if it breaks you, well and good. You and your virtuous In'juns! Pah! Moon-on-the-Water better than many white women——"
"Be careful, Mac; be careful!"
Hector's face was paler now than ever, and at mention of Moon's name he seized MacFarlane by the shoulders in an iron grip.
But MacFarlane wrenched himself away and raved on.
"Hell! You're no saint! You're just a man, like the rest of us! The story's true! You can have a taste of what I've put up with, now! And you can do what you please."
"Mac, is that your last word?"
"You're damn right it is!"
"Very well. If this thing finishes me, I shall have the satisfaction of knowing that I'm not the first man who's had a friend named Judas. Some day, Mac, you'll realize the truth. And then I hope you'll have regret for what you've done and said. Please close the door as you go out."
Two days later MacFarlane and Mrs. MacFarlane were suddenly transferred to Edmonton.
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