"I won't have it, Stumpy," he said very decidedly.

"I told you so yesterday." "I know." Very steadily Scott made answer.

"But last night there was no alternative.

It is impossible to do the thing suddenly.

She has hardly got over the journey yet." "Rubbish!" said Eustace curtly.
Scott slightly raised his shoulders, and said no more.
"It comes to this," Eustace said, speaking with stern insistence.