“I’m going to get a closer look at him,” said Jack, preparing to jump from the car.
“Don’t, Jack, don’t!” cried Cora, and there was such fear in his sister’s voice that Jack yielded, though reluctantly.
“We’re not going to let him get away, are we?” he grumbled.
“Why not?” replied Cora. “He wasn’t doing anything to us.”
“He ought to be killed on general principles,” said Paul.
“He’s an enemy of the human race,” added Walter.
But this viewpoint did not appeal to the girls.
“He has a right to his life,” said tender-hearted Bess.
“To be sure he has,” acquiesced Belle. “Besides, you boys haven’t any weapons, and you might get bitten.”
“There are plenty of rocks and sticks around here to kill him with,” said Walter.