Caeltia considered that statement also, and found it reasonable:
"I think," said he, "that the reason you don't like that woman is because you like her too much."
"It's so," said Patsy, "but there is no reason for her taking on with every kind of man and not taking on with me at all."
He was silent for a moment.
"I tell you," said he furiously, "that I made love to that woman from the dawn to the dark, and then she walked off with a man that came down a little road."
"That was her right," said Caeltia mildly.
"Maybe it was, but for the weight of a straw I would have killed the pair of them that night in the dark place."
"Why didn't you?"
"She had me weakened. My knees gave under me when she walked away and there wasn't even a curse in my mouth."
Again he was silent, and again he broke into angry speech!