[The House of the Wolf by Stanley Weyman]@TWC D-Link bookThe House of the Wolf CHAPTER III 13/37
"Bah, the great pig!" ejaculated the girl above.
"Spit him!" and she spat down on the whilom Hector--who made no great figure now. "Shall I bring you a slice of him, my dear ?" asked my rakehelly friend, looking up and making his sword play round the shrinking wretch.
"Just a tit-bit, my love ?" he added persuasively.
"A mouthful of white liver and caper sauce ?" "Not for me, the beast!" the girl cried, amid the laughter of the yard. "Not a bit? If I warrant him tender? Ladies' meat ?" "Bah! no!" and she stolidly spat down again. "Do you hear? The lady has no taste for you," the tormentor cried. "Pig of a Gascon!" And deftly sheathing his dagger, he seized the big coward by the ear, and turning him round, gave him a heavy kick which sent him spinning over a bucket, and down against the wall.
There the bully remained, swearing and rubbing himself by turns; while the victor cried boastfully, "Enough of him.
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