“What makes you think I did it?”
“I know well enough.”
“Well, have you got anything to say about it?” asked Peter, defiantly. “Do you want to fight? If you do, come on.”
“I am not anxious to fight,” said Alfred, quietly. “I think that’s a poor way to settle a dispute.”
“I thought you wouldn’t care about it,” said Peter, significantly.
“I am not afraid of you, if that’s what you mean.”
“You’d better shut up your mouth.”
“I admire your elegant style of conversation.”
“It suits me.”
“Yes, it does suit you. It wouldn’t suit anybody else.”