"I shall be most interested to see you go to work." "Is that a challenge ?" The two men faced each other, while the third man and the women looked on.

It had sounded like a challenge to all but the vicar, though neither of the others had had time to think so before they heard the word and recognized its justice.
"If you like," said Steel, indifferently.
"I accept it as such," rejoined Langholm, dogging the other with his eyes.

"And find him I will--the guilty man--if I never write another line--and if the villain is still alive!".