’Leavetheroom，orgotohell!’shoutedCaptainN——；atthesametimeseizingtheastoundedwaiterbytheshoulder，hehurledhimheadlongintothepassage，andflungthedoortowithacrashthatshookthewalls。’Sir，’continuedhe，addressinghimselftoO’Mara，’Ididnothopetohavemetyouuntilto-morrow。
Fortunehasbeenkindtome——draw，anddefendyourself。’
Atthesametimehedrewhissword，andplacedhimselfinanattitudeofattack。
’IwillnotdrawuponYOU，’saidO’Mara。
’Ihave，indeed，wrongedyou。Ihavegivenyoujustcauseforresentment；butagainstyourlifeIwillneverliftmyhand。’