5/23 We've been through a lot of things, but we're as sound as ever." "That's always a safe prediction to make," said Adam Colfax, smiling. "I never saw five other human beings with such a capacity for getting out of danger." "We were all at Wyoming, and we all still live." The face of the New Englander darkened. "I cannot hear of it without every vein growing hot within me." "We saw things done there," said Henry gravely, "the telling of which few men can bear to hear." "I know! I know!" exclaimed Adam Colfax. "The news of it has spread everywhere!" "What we want," said Henry, "is revenge. It is a case in which we must strike back, and strike hard. |