That was my luck.

But you mustn't call me a coward, Ducaine.

It is an insult to my decoration." "Oh, I know that you are brave enough," I answered, "but this man was a poor weak creature, a baby in your hands." "So are the snakes we stamp beneath our feet," he answered coolly.

"Yet we kill them.

In Egypt I have been in more than one hot corner where we fought hand to hand.