Erris Boyne had slapped her face on the morning of the day when he met Dyck Calhoun in the hour of his bad luck.

He did not see the look in her face as he left the house.
Ruthless as he was, he realized the time had come when by bold effort he might get young Calhoun wholly into his power.

He began by getting Dyck into the street.

Then he took him by an indirect route to what was, reputedly, a tavern of consequence.

There choice spirits met on occasion, and dark souls, like Boyne, planned adventures.