“Oh, I’ll attend to that,” said Hall.
“Indeed you won’t,” said the woman. “You’ve got your foot in it now, and you’ll kindly let me alone. I’ll attend to you later.”
“What have I said?” asked Hall.
“You said I was mixed up in the scheme to throw down the chief. I wasn’t.”
“Yes, you were,” roared Hall; “and the boys think you are trying to throw them down. You can’t square yourself with them very easily, I can tell you that.”
“I don’t care what the boys think,” said Molly.
“Where were you this afternoon, Molly?” asked Nick.
“Right here.”
“All the time?”