“P’raps so, Kid. And, faith, when I think of that, it seems as if there were two creatures inside o’ me fighting tooth and claw. One is all for hammering him to a jelly. The other is sort o’ pitiful, and says, ‘Mebbe ’twasn’t out-an’-out his fault.’ Which of them two’ll get the best of it, if ever I’m face to face with Cross-eyed Chris, I dunno.”