“I should hope not! You, indeed, to look at her!”
“Well,” I cried, “she may never love me; but at least she doesn’t loathe me as she loathes you - yes, and the sight of you, and your very name!”
So I drew blood for blood; and for an instant I thought he was going to make an end of it by incontinently killing me himself. His fists flew out. Had I been a whole man on my legs, he took care to tell me what he would have done,
“I should hope not! You, indeed, to look at her!”
“Well,” I cried, “she may never love me; but at least she doesn’t loathe me as she loathes you - yes, and the sight of you, and your very name!”
So I drew blood for blood; and for an instant I thought he was going to make an end of it by incontinently killing me himself. His fists flew out. Had I been a whole man on my legs, he took care to tell me what he would have done,
