And there Nate knew he had him.

The ladder was down.
"'Now!' says Nate.

'Now, you long-legged villain, if I don't give you what's comin' to you, then--Oh, there ain't no use in your climbin' out there; you can't get down.' "The big barn doors was open, and, in the moonlight, Nate could see Gus scramblin' up and around on the flyin' stage where the professor's aeroplane was perched, lookin' like some kind of magnified June bug.
"'Come back, you fool!' Scudder yelled at him.

'Come back and be butchered.

You might as well; it's too high for you to drop.