Sam grinned viciously.
"There ain't nothin' to fight about, I guess," he said, although he did not look it.

"We'd be fools to scrap.

Everything to lose and nothin' to gain.

All I got to say, Davy, is that you ain't to touch that girl." "Who's goin' to touch her ?" roared Davy, bristling bravely.

"An' you ain't to touch her nuther," he added.
The day wore away, although it was always night in the windowless cave, and again the trio of men slept, with Maude as guard.