It just won't go down." "It's preferable to doing the white nigger on your blasted farm!" flashed back Guy.

"Starvation's better than that!" "Thank you," said Burke.

He did not flinch at the straight hit, but his mouth hardened.

"I see your point of view of course.
Perhaps it's beside the mark to remind you that you might have been a partner if you'd only played a decent game.

I wanted a partner badly enough." An odd spasm crossed Guy's face.