He would revenge himself on the Colonel later.

A suit for damages for assault, timed to precede the next election, would be both revenge and politics.

He could, at the moment, think of nothing else to do to undermine his opponents, and he had turned toward his office when a fresh idea occurred to him.

Should Miss Sally take back the lung-testers, where then would his case stand?
Guthrie would return the hundred dollars to Skinner.

Skinner was fool enough to be satisfied with that, and Kilo, like many other towns, not wishing to besmirch herself, would hush up the whole affair.