10/12 The army would be forced to acknowledge my claim upon them; the nation would hear of it." "Well," I asked, "supposing all you say is true? "If twenty thousand pounds would quicken your understanding--" I picked up a small inkpot from the side of the table and hurled it at him. He sprang aside, but it caught the corner of his forehead, and he gave a shrill cry of pain. He struck a fierce blow at me, which I parried, and a moment later we were locked in one another's arms. I think that we must have been of equal strength, for we swayed up and down the room, neither gaining the advantage, till I felt my breath come short and my head dizzy. |