You'll be in Tulagi by eight this evening." He turned toward the door, as if to put his words into execution, but the other caught him by the shoulder and twirled him around.
"Look here, Sheldon, I told you the Solomons were too small for the pair of us, and I meant it." "Is that an offer to buy Berande, lock, stock, and barrel ?" Sheldon queried.
"No, it isn't.

It's an invitation to fight." "But what the devil do you want to fight with me for ?" Sheldon's irritation was growing at the other's persistence.

"I've no quarrel with you.

And what quarrel can you have with me?
I have never interfered with you.

You were my guest.