27/28 He had passed his time in the barracks and had seen many a sword skirmish. You would break every bone in my body." "Damn it, man!" I groaned, in exasperation. "I shall watch the affair from the window here; the scene of action will take place in the clearing beyond. It will be an affair worth witnessing." "And where is Gretchen ?" "Where she should be; at the bar, a dutiful bar-maid." Then I heard nothing but the deep cachinations of the innkeeper. There was something in the affair which appealed to his humor. |