“I think you are, but strength isn’t everything. Do you know anything about boxing?”
“No; I never had no chance to learn.”
“I don’t pretend to know much about it myself,” said Walter. “Still, I know something about the first principles. I will teach you all I know, if you want to learn.”
“Will you?” asked Peter, astonished.
“With pleasure. It will be good practice for me.”
“I shouldn’t think you would want to,” said Peter.
“Why not?”
“Because you can lick me now; but if I knew as much about boxing as you, perhaps you couldn’t.”
“Oh,” said Walter, laughing, “there won’t be any need of it.”
“Why not?”