Chapter 33
d**k Hayden and Bob Stubbs, large and strong men as they were, looked puny, compared with the giant who towered beside them, his face kindling with righteous indignation. "What are you going to do to the boy?" he demanded, sternly. "I was going to flog him," answered Hayden in a surly tone. "And you were helping him?" went on Achilles, turning to Stubbs. "No, sir," answered Stubbs eagerly, for, big as he was, he was a coward. "I didn't want d**k to do it." "You coward!" exclaimed Hayden, contemptuously. "You're as deep in it as I am." "Is that true, Kit?" asked Achilles. "He isn't as bad as the other," said Kit. "That man Hayden thought of killing me, but his friend protested against it." "It shall be remembered to his credit. Why did you wish to flog the boy?" he asked of Hayden.
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