11/14 Even above the tumult, Peter could hear Dennis challenging and beseeching Mr.Caggs to come "outside an' settle it like gentlemen." Caggs, from a secure retreat behind Blunkers's right arm, declined to let the siren's song tempt him forth. Oi'll not take the valuable time av this meetin' to speak av dirty, cowardly, black-hearted, treacherous snakes, wid souls blacker than the divil's own--" "Order!" said Peter to the crowd. If yez know such a beast, such a snake, fit it to him. |