“So am I,” Talbott stated.
“Then that’s that. Come along with me, Mr. Pohl.”
“I’m staying here.” Pohl was still panting. “I have a right here and I’m staying here.”
“No, you’re not. You heard what the lady said.”
“Yes, but you didn’t hear what I said. I was assaulted.
She makes a charge. So do I. I was sitting quietly in a chair, not moving, and Talbott tried to strangle me, and he struck me. Didn’t you see him strike me?”
“It was in self-defense,” Dorothy declared. “You threw an iron—”
“To save my life! He assaulted—”
“All I did—”
“Hold it,” the law said curtly. “Under the circumstances you can’t talk yourselves into anything with me. You men will come along with me, both of you. Where’s your hats and coats?”