"You'll understand what I'm going to say a whole lot better if you're on your feet, like a man." Warden got up, defiantly, and for an instant the two men stood looking into each other's eyes, both understanding the enmity that was between them, and both seemingly exulting in it.
"I'm thanking you, Warden, for telling me.

But I've known, since I talked with Simmons about the cars, just what it all meant.

My talks with Hatfield and Governor Haughton convinced me beyond all reasonable doubt.

I'm the man they are after, of course.

But incidentally, they're going to mulct every other cattle owner in the state.