Not that she expected to accomplish anything by this act; it relieved the nerve tension.

This man was no fool.

If her surmises were correct he was a strong man both in body and in mind.

In a rage he would be terrible.

However, had Johnny Two-Hawks done it--beaten the man and escaped?
No doubt he had been watching all the time and had at length stepped in to learn if his subordinates had followed his instructions and to what extent they had succeeded.
"If he dies it will be murder." "It is a big city." "And so many terrible things happen like this every day.