With all his soul the deputy was cursing Nash, but now the thing was done, and he must see it through.
He rose glowering on Drew.
"I've stood a pile already from you; this is one beyond the limit.
Bribery ain't my way, Drew, no matter what I've done before."
"Is it war, then?"
And Glendin answered, forcing his tone into fierceness: "Anything you want—any way you want it!"
"Glendin," said the other with a sudden lowering of his voice, "has some other man been talking to you?"
"Who? Me? Certainly not."
"Don't lie."
"Drew, rein up. They's one thing no man can say to me and get away with it."
"I tell you, man, I'm holding myself in harder than I've ever done before. Answer me!"