Финансист

Chapter LVII

           "Perhapsthat’llteachyoutokeepmysister’snameoutofyourmouth,youpup!"

           Hibbs’sarmsflewup.Hewasnotwithoutpugilistictraining,andhestruckbackvigorously,strikingCallumonceinthechestandonceintheneck.Inaninstantthetworoomsofthissuitewereinanuproar.Tablesandchairswereoverturnedbytheenergyofmenattemptingtogettothesceneofaction.Thetwocombatantswerequicklyseparated;sidesweretakenbythefriendsofeach,excitedexplanationsattemptedanddefied.Callumwasexaminingtheknucklesofhislefthand,whichwerecutfromtheblowhehaddelivered.Hemaintainedagentlemanlycalm.Hibbs,verymuchflusteredandexcited,insistedthathehadbeenmostunreasonablyused.Theideaofattackinghimhere.And,anyhow,ashemaintainednow,Pethickhadbeenbotheavesdroppingandlyingabouthim.Incidentally,thelatterwasprotestingtoothersthathehaddonetheonlythingwhichanhonorablefriendcoulddo.Itwasaninedays’wonderintheclub,andwasonlykeptoutofthenewspapersbythemoststrenuouseffortsonthepartofthefriendsofbothparties.Callumwassooutragedondiscoveringthattherewassomefoundationfortherumorattheclubinageneralrumorwhichprevailedthathetenderedhisresignation,andneverwentthereagain.

           "Iwishtoheavenyouhadn’tstruckthatfellow,"counseledOwen,whentheincidentwasrelatedtohim."Itwillonlymakemoretalk.Sheoughttoleavethisplace;butshewon’t.

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