"I shall look fully into this matter, but at present I'm inclined to believe that you're more at fault than is Black.
Return to the tent and start your drawing over again." There was a smile again on Tom's face as he turned back to make his spoiled work good.
Mr.Thurston went back to his inspection of the ponies.

Later, the chief engineer was able to pick up some details of the trouble from Jake Wren, who had seen Black reach for his revolver.
"Understand two things, Mr.Black," said the chief briskly.

"In the first place, it is not expected that the engineers of this corps will find any real cause for fighting.

Second, I will tolerate no pistol nonsense here." Then he went back to Tom Reade and spoke to him more quietly.
"Reade, if Black doesn't turn out to be a valuable man here he won't last long.

If he is a good man, then you will find it necessary, perhaps, to use a little tact in dealing with him.