"I'm sure you would, Micah."
"'You scoundrel,'" he said, "or words like 'em. 'You're loiterin' round here again to waylay her an' poison her mind.'"
"And what did the other say?"
"Oh! he up and says it was a lie right out to 'is face."
"Did he, really?"
"It's gospel truth, Miss; and of course the Captin, bein' insulted like that, let fly at 'im."
"Do you wonder, Micah?"
"I don't, Miss. But lor', that young Sterne is a terrible strong and 'andsome young fellow, and he gived the Captin beans in two seconds."
"What a shame!"