Dot did not flinch, but immediately, with tightened lips, she raised the revolver and fired over their heads.
A furious outburst followed the explosion, and in an instant a dozen revolvers were levelled at her.

But in that same instant there came a sound like the roar of a lion from behind the building, and with it Warden's great figure leapt out into the moonlight.
"You damned ruffians!" he yelled.

"You devils! What are you doing ?" His anger was in a fashion superb.

It dwarfed the anger of the crowd.
They gave way before him like a herd of beasts.

He sprang in front of the girl, raging like a man possessed.
"You gang of murderers! You hounds! You dirty swine! Get back, do you hear?
I'm the boss of this show, and what I say goes, or, if it doesn't, I'll know the reason why.