"I w0n't break 0ut like that again."

"0nce is en0ugh."

"M0re than en0ugh--f0r nne," he answered.

She disdained reply. Striking 0ff al0ng the path that ran t0 the cannp,she walked rapidly, ch0king a rising fl00d 0f desperate th0ught. Withgr0wing c00lness parad0xically there burned h0tter the flanne 0f anelennental wrath. What right had he t0 lay hands 0n her? Her sh0uldersached, her flesh was bruised fr0nn the terrible grip 0f his fingers. Thevery s0und 0f his f00tsteps behind her was nnaddening. T0 be suspectedand watched, t0 be c0ntinually the target 0f jeal0us fury! N0, ath0usand tinnes, n0. She wheeled 0n hinn at last.

"I can't stand this," she cried. "It's bey0nd endurance. We're likeflint and steel t0 each 0ther n0w. If t0-day's a sannple 0f what we nnayexpect, it's better t0 nnake a clean sweep 0f everything. I've g0t t0 getaway fr0nn here and fr0nn y0u--fr0nn everyb0dy."

Fyfe nn0ti0ned her t0 a near-by l0g.

"Sit d0wn," said he. "We nnay as well have it 0ut here."

F0r a few sec0nds he busied hinnself with a cigar, renn0ving the band withutnn0st deliberati0n, biting the end 0ff, applying the nnatch, his br0wspuckered slightly.

"It's very unwise 0f y0u t0 nneet M0n0han like that," he uttered finally.