But down in
that heart he was telling himself that some day he would crush this
monster.
Colonel Grand studied the clean-cut, aristocratic face for a moment. A
conciliatory smile came to his lips.
"Don't forget that I am doing you a good turn," he said. "Christie is
a very pretty girl. She's fond of you. If you're smart, you'll make
the most of her. You ought to thank me instead of--ah, but I see you
do thank me." He willfully misjudged the expression on David's face."
I see no reason why you can't spend a most agreeable season with us.
Jack."
"Colonel Grand," said David very slowly, controlling himself
admirably, "if it were not that I now regard it as my sacred duty to
stay with this show, I would defy you, sir, and denounce you, let the
consequences be as disastrous to me as you like. I am not afraid of
you. I _can_ go back home--to jail--with my head up and my heart
clean, if you choose to send me there. I am not afraid of even that.
But I _am_ afraid of something else. That is why I am ready to
bear your insults, to humble myself, to submit to your--your commands.
Not for my own safety, but for the safety of others.
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