I'm quite at home here." Then, turning to one of the bystanders, "I say, Patterson, step a few paces this way, will you?
A little further from your wife, please.

That will do.

You've got a claim of five thousand dollars against the property, haven't you ?" "Yes." "Well, that woman just driving away is your one solitary chance of getting a cent of it.

If your wife insults her again, that chance is gone.

And if _you_ do"-- "Well ?" "As sure as there is a God in Israel and a Supreme Court of the State of California, I'll kill you in your tracks!....