“I don’t see what you’re so sore about?” repeated Craig.
“I’ll show you how to make a noise like a scout!” Hervey fairly yelled.
“Go ahead, now you’re talking,” said Warner.
“I’ll do more than talk,” Hervey screamed at him. “I can—I told my father whatever a scout can do, I can beat him at it! I can do anything that any scout in any troop can do, and then I can take him out and lose him!”
“Goodness me,” said Warner.
“I’ll smash your little stunt for you—you see,” said Hervey with gleaming eyes. “Do you dare me to? Do you dare me to? Do you say I can’t set Chesty McCullen free—do you dare me?”
“There you go with your dares,” said Craig.
“Do you dare me to; do you say I can’t?” Hervey demanded with a steely look.
“Yes, we dare you to, and we say you can’t, and we say you’re a fool,” said Warner.
“I’ll make a noise like a scout for you!” shouted Hervey.