"No, they were not; I have forbidden 'em time and again from goin' across my field."
"There's a path, isn't there?"
"Yes, but it's my path."
"Did the boy attract the giant's attention by screaming?"
"Yes."
"Well, Mr. Tarbox, to be frank with you, I think it was very natural for him to interfere in defence of a boy about to receive brutal treatment."
"I hope you ain't goin' to take the side of lawbreakin', squire?"
"You say he seized you by the collar and shook you up, Mr. Tarbox?"
"Yes; he made the teeth chatter in my head till I thought they would drop out."
"And he frightened you, did he?"