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Updated: June 29, 2025
You didn't stay a second after that, but went away straight, sayin' good-night to all of us, but Lancy was the only one on his feet. "Just as soon as the door was shut behind you, Lancy turned round to the fire, and pushed the log with his feet in a way a man does when he's think-in' a bit. And Faddo give a nasty laugh, and said: " Theer's a dainty sitovation. Theer's Mr.
I couldn't tell exactly how they clinched but once or twice I saw the light flash on the steel. Then they came down together, Faddo under, and when I looked again Faddo was lying eyes starin' wide, and mouth all white with fear, for Lancy was holding the knife-point at his throat. 'Stir an inch, says Lancy, 'and aw'll pin ye to the lid o' hell.
"'For God's sake, Lancy, said my uncle, steppin' forward, 'let him go. "At that Lancy said: 'He's right enough. It's not the first time aw've choked a coward. Throw cold water on him and gi' 'im brandy. "Sure enough, he wasn't dead. Lancy stood there watchin' us while we fetched Faddo back, and I tell you, that was a narrow squeak for him.
"Faddo got on to his feet. He was bigger built than Lancy, and a bit taller, and we all knew he was devilish strong in his arms. There was a look in his face I couldn't understand. One minute I thought it was fear, and another I thought it was daze; and maybe it was both. But all on a sudden something horrible cunnin' come into it, and ugly too.
'Take the knife and throw it on the table, he said to Faddo once more, and Faddo took it out and threw it down. "'Come on, then, Faddo says, with a sneerin' laugh; 'we'll see by daybreak who has the best o' this night's work, and he steps towards the door. "'Wait a minute, says Lancy, gettin' in front of him. 'Now take the knife from your boot. Take it, he says again, 'or aw will.
At twelve o'clock aw'm the Gover'ment's, but till then aw'm Lancy Doane, free to strike or free to let alone; to swallow dirt or throw it; to take a lie or give it. And now list to me; aw'm not goin' to eat dirt, and aw'm goin' to give you the lie, and aw'm goin' to break your neck, if I swing for it to-morrow, Jim Faddo. And here's another thing aw'll tell you.
"I tell you, Cousin Fanny, though I'd been ripe for quarrel wi' Lancy Doane myself that night, I could ha' took his hand like a brother, for I never saw a man deal fairer wi' a scoundrel than he did wi' Jim Faddo.
You see, it wasn't what Faddo said about himself that made Laney wild, but that about his brother Tom; and a man doesn't like his brother spoken ill of by dirt like Faddo, be it true or false. And of Laney's brother I'm goin' to write further on in this letter, for I doubt that you know all I know about him, and the rest of what happened that night and afterwards."
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