20/22 With a wild curse he lifted the bar of the cage door. "And it is YOU--YOU--you she-devil! who shall eat his heart alive! I will force it down your throat: I will--" He was dragging Miki forth by the chain. The club rose as Miki's head came through. In another instant it would have beaten his head to a pulp--but Nanette was between it and the dog like a flash, and the blow went wild. It was with his fist that Le Beau struck out now, and the blow caught Nanette on the shoulder and sent her frail body down with a crash. |