40/51 "Sampson, I don't like your talk," he said. He stood up then, cool and quiet, with flash of eyes and set of lips that told me he was dangerous. "The thing is, do I get the girl ?" "Not by any means, except her consent." "You'll not make her marry me ?" "No. No," replied Sampson, his voice still cold, low-pitched. Then I'll make her." Evidently Sampson understood the man before him so well that he wasted no more words. |