9/16 Fire and fury! Sir Giles, I cannot brook the indignity. And what was worse, the shameless gallants, who ought to have lent me aid, were ready to split their sides with laughter, and declared I had only gotten my due. When I could find utterance for very choler, I told the villain you would requite him, and he answered he would serve you in the same fashion, whenever you crossed his path." "Ha! said he so ?" cried Sir Giles, half drawing his sword, while his eyes flashed fire. "We shall see whether he will make good his words. I have already told you I am willing to let him pursue his present career undisturbed for a time, in order to make his fall the greater. |