That's the toughest part...." Wright ended abruptly, and then broke out fiercely: "But, by God, he'll never come back!" Wright's slow pacing quickened and he strode from the parlor, leaving behind him a silence eloquent of the effect of his sinister prediction.
"Sally, what did he mean ?" asked Diane in a low voice.
"Steele will be killed," replied Sally, just as low-voiced.
"Killed! That magnificent fellow! Ah, I forgot.

Sally, my wits are sadly mixed.

I ought to be glad if somebody kills my father's defamer.

But, oh, I can't be! "This bloody frontier makes me sick.

Papa doesn't want me to stay for good.