"Think so?"
"Sure of it."
"Then it was mere curiosity to see you, and when he saw you he could not restrain his temper? He wanted to fight?"
"I don't think so."
"What is your idea then, colonel?"
"He wanted to embroil us in a quarrel so that the watch could be called out and we should be placed in the wrong."
"Perhaps you are right. Anyway, we are rid of him."
"Are we?"
"Yes, of course."
"Do not be too sure. The Yorkers will be mad enough to follow us, and, if a chance offers, we shall have to fight."