"There, that will do: I want to go on studying this book." But Ralph was fidgety from the state of his wound, and went on again.
"Couldn't the old trouble be settled by law ?" "Pooh, boy! As I have told you before, the law does not reach here among these mountainous wilds.

I am the law here.

I could settle the matter; but that man Eden would never agree to what I said." "And I suppose, father, that you would never agree to what he considered was the proper law." "Certainly not, Ralph," said Sir Morton impatiently.

"But why are you going on like this ?" "Because I was thinking again how easy it would be if you and Sir Edward Eden were to join and attack that Captain Purlrose and his men.

You would be able to drive the gang out of the neighbourhood." "I shall be able to drive this fellow out of the district, my boy, without the help of the Edens, who ought to be driven out too, for they are very little better than Captain Purlrose and his men.