And I was sort of sick and hollow inside the same way I went one time when I was a kid and seen a big bull horn a yearlin'.
"Then I heard the breath of Fitz comin' hoarse, with a rattle in it--and I heard Mac Strann whining like a dog that's tasted blood and is starvin' for more.

A thing to make your hair go up on end, like they say in the story-books.
"Then Fitz--he was plumb mad--tried to bite Mac Strann.

And then Mac let go of him and set his hands on the throat of Fitz.

It happened like a flash--I'm here to swear that I could hear the bones crunch.

And then Fitz's mouth sagged open and his eyes rolled up to the ceiling, and Mac Strann threw him down on the floor.