His heavy shoulders were thrown back, and his broad white teeth gleamed in a determined fashion.
"I'll find out just why she changed her mind so suddenly.

Of course, it was her father's work.

He has kept her under his thumb so long that she has come to the conclusion that she has to mind him in this, too! He thinks I'm not good enough for her, I allow! Well, I ain't--no man on earth is good enough for her--but I'm just as good as Fairfax Lee, any day in the week! Hanged if I don't tell him so, too! "Yes, I'll walk into his office, if I have to knock over that clerk to do it, and I'll tell him what I think of him, if I'm arrested for it next minute.

In this beastly East, instead of meeting a man and fighting him, the first thing a fellow thinks of, if he has a word with another, is to call in the police.

But I'm not afraid of the New Haven police!" Badger's heart seethed like a volcano.
"See her! Well, I reckon! I'll see her if I die for it! I'll see her, even if she refuses to speak to me! I'm going to find out what's at the bottom of this!" While the Westerner was thus storming, an expressman came with the little package containing the ring and the trinkets which Badger had given to Winnie.