eye-for-an-eye

Updated: May 28, 2025

There had been an ominous note in her voice when she spoke of it, and he remembered what the gambler had told him of her eye-for-an-eye creed of retributive justice. In her splendid, reckless courage could she have pitted herself against El Negrito, the bandit of the hills?

Isabel Ostrander - The Fifth Ace

I've always reckoned fair play was about the biggest thing in life, and woman-like she's gone further than my teachings and worked out an eye-for-an-eye creed of justice for herself that would shame a vigilance committee, but she's wholesome and sound in mind and limb." "I've learned a little of what they think of her in this town." Thode hesitated, and then went on earnestly.

Isabel Ostrander - The Fifth Ace