Do you mind doing it ?" "Of course not," said Duane.

He glanced at the miserable, snivelling, twitching creature by the fire: "Do you think he'll get over this, or will he buy another pistol the next time he gets the jumps ?" Grandcourt looked troubled: "I don't know what this breed is likely to do.

He's absolutely no good.
He's the only person in the world that is left of the family--except his sister.

He's all she has had to look out for her--a fine legacy, a fine prop for her to lean on.

That's the sort of protection she has had all her life; that's the example set her in her own home.