Haney growled.
“That was a fool business,” he said angrily. “That ain’t any place to fight, up on the job! You know it!”
“Yeah,” said Braun in the same odd voice. “You wanna finish it now?”
Haney said formidably: “I’m not dodgin’ any fight. I didn’t dodge it then. I’m not dodgin’ it now. You picked it. It was crazy! But if you got over the craziness——”
Braun smiled a remarkably peculiar smile. “I’m still crazy. We finish, huh?”
Haney pushed back his chair and stood up grimly. “Okay, we finish it! You coulda killed me. I coulda killed you too, with that fall ready for either of us.”
“Sure! Too bad nobody got killed,” said Braun.
“You fellas wait,” said Haney angrily to Joe and the rest. “There’s a storeroom out back. Sid’ll let us use it.”
But the Chief pushed back his chair.