3/24 "We should have to do it in secret if we did." "Oh yes; nobody must know, or it would be stopped." "Well, I've thought a deal about it. What do you say? You don't want to, do you ?" Mark frowned, and was silent for a few moments, before saying hurriedly: "I want to fight the enemy of my house, but I don't want to fight you in particular. You see, it seems strange, after we've fought together against another enemy." "It doesn't seem strange to me," said Ralph quietly; "it seems stupid." "But I'm not afraid." "I don't think I am," said Ralph. "I think we showed we were not afraid when I wounded you." "I wounded you too," said Mark hotly. |