He felt suddenly as if a great wall had been raised for his support.

He was no longer alone among plotting enemies.
"And why will he not, and what affair is it of yours ?" asked Boucher, his manner threatening.
Willet took a step forward, his figure towering and full of menace.

Just behind him was Tayoga.

Robert had never seen the hunter look taller or more charged with righteous wrath.

But it was an anger that burned like a white hot flame, and it was alive with deadly menace.
"He will not draw because he was brought here to be assassinated by you, bully and bravo that you are," replied Willet, plumbing the very depths of Boucher's eyes with his stern gaze.