He had been wrought to a pitch by Esther's blaze of passion, by the agony in the face of the other woman.
"I tell y'u no!" thundered Gaston Isbel, flinging his arms wide.
"I WILL GO!" cried Esther, her voice ringing.
"You won't go alone!" instantly answered the wife of Jacobs, repeating unconsciously the words her husband had spoken.
"You stay right heah," shouted Gaston Isbel, hoarsely.
"I'm goin'," replied Esther.

"You've no hold over me.

My husband is dead.

No one can stop me.

I'm goin' out there to drive those hogs away an' bury him." "Esther, for Heaven's sake, listen," replied Isbel.