tit-for-tat's

Updated: November 29, 2024

He did not feel equal to making a second speech, but he caught Mason by the arm, and spoke with vehement emphasis: "It's an awful responsible thing, Mason, to refuse to patch a quarrel. The chance of making-up doesn't come every day." "We must have a chance of getting even with them first, and then we'll talk about stopping." "Nonsense! You know that tit-for-tat's a game without an end!"

Florence Coombe - Jack of Both Sides: The Story of a School War