"Will you let me alone, then?"
"No, I won't!" returned Roland, who in his anger lost sight of prudence.
"Then you may lie there till you promise," said Oliver composedly.
"Get up, you bully!" screamed Roland.
"You are the bully. You attacked me, or I should never have touched you," said Oliver.
"I'll tell my father," said Roland.
"Tell, if you want to," said Oliver, his lip curling.
"He'll have you well beaten."
"I don't think he will."
"So you defy him, then?"