"I'm sure you will!" he quickly answered with an ominous threat in his tone.
The woman sprang to her feet and faced him, her tall, lithe figure tense with passion.
"I dare you to try it!"
"Dare?" Wolf repeated in a low growl.
"I said it!" she cried, defiantly. "From the very housetop I'll shout the story of our life. I'll show you I'm a power you must reckon with——"
"And I'll show you," Wolf answered "that there's but one power that counts now in the world of realities in which we live—the elemental force of tooth, and nail, and claw—do you understand?"
He thrust his big, ugly face into hers and a look of terror flashed from her eyes as she saw his features convulsed with fury.
"Please, Herman!" she pleaded at last in a feeble, childish voice.
"You are still daring me?"
"No, I give up—surely you will not strike me!" she gasped.