But he didn't.

I've heard of really brave men gettin' panicked like that, an' after seein' Steele I didn't wonder at Blome.
"'You see, Blome, you don't want to meet me, for all your talk,' went on the Ranger.

'You thought you did, but that was before you faced the man you intended to kill.

Blome, you're one of these dandy, cock-of-the-walk four-flushers.

I'll tell you how I know.