Is it possible ?" He laughed.
"I knew that Mr.Drew was very anxious to receive me with courtesy; I did not dream that he would be able to induce so many men to take care of me." And Sally Fortune, bracing herself against the wall with one hand, and in the capable grasp of the other a six-gun balanced, stared in growing amazement on the scene, and shuddered at the silences.
"Bard," she called, "what have I done ?" "You've started a game," he answered, "which I presume we've all been waiting to play.

What about it, boys?
I hope you're well paid; I'd hate to die a cheap death." A voice, deep and ringing, sounded close at hand, almost within the room, and from a direction which Bard could not locate.
"Don't harm him if you can help it.

But keep him in that room!" Bard stepped back a pace till his shoulders touched the wall.
"Sirs," he said, "if you keep me here you will most certainly have to harm me." A figure ran around the edge of the crowd and stood beside him.
"Stand clear of me, Sally," he muttered, much moved.

"Stand away.

This is a man's work." "The work of a pack of coyotes!" she cried shrilly.