"You just oblige me, partner," he replied in his own soft voice.

"Just stay away from the walls of the room--don't even sit down.

Stand right where you are." "You'd murder me if I took another step ?" asked the man of the sneer, and a contemptuous and sardonic expression flitted across his face for the first time.
"I'd sure blow you full of lead," said Ronicky fervently.

"I'd kill you like a snake, stranger, which I mostly think you are.

So step light, and step quick when I talk." "Certainly," said the other, bowing.