"I am stiff and sore all over," she said, lowering herself carefully to her seat on the floor. "And you?"
"Sorer in mind than in body."
"What will you do?"
"I shall go over presently and tell him that now he must look out for himself. I will end him, the first chance I get, as I would a wild beast."
"He will try to kill you on the spot."
"He won't get the chance. I'll see to that."
"I shall go with you."
"No."
"Yes, indeed. My heart would thump itself to pieces, waiting here all alone."
"He is dangerous, and he has a vile tongue when it runs away with him——"