It looks like you was goin' to go with him alright.

But whether you do or don't, I don't aim to stay with nobody that stands by such as Wash Gibbs.

I'm goin' to side with decent folks, who have stood by my girl, and you can do your damnedest.

You take this stuff away from here.

And as for you, Wash Gibbs, if you ever set foot on my place again, if you ever cross my path after to-night I'll kill you like the measly yeller hound you are." As he finished, Jim stood with his back to the corner of the room, his hand inside of the hickory shirt where the button was missing.
While her father was speaking, Sammy forgot everything, in the wild joy and pride of her heart.