"He has overthrown better men than Calli." "Has he?
Ah, tell me, has he?
He is little more than a boy.

I seem older than he at times, and it is hard to believe what you say, though I know he is strong, and that fear has no place in his heart.

Tell me, whom has he overthrown ?" "Another time, Yolanda," I responded soothingly, "but this I say now to comfort you.

Calli is no match for our Max.

In the combat that is to come, Max can kill him if he chooses, barring accidents and treachery.
Over and above his prowess, his cause, you know, is just, and for that reason God will be with him." "Yes, yes," sobbed Yolanda, "and the Virgin, too." The Virgin was a woman in whom she could find a woman's sympathy.