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Du Cros's first impulse was to grasp Garton by the throat and choke the life out of him. His eyes glowed with the pent-up fury of his murderous thoughts, and Garton instinctively raised his hand, as it were to avert a blow.
"I should not try that on, if I were you," he said. "The last time you attempted it you had two broken ribs and six weeks in bed. You are a choice scoundrel, I know, but you will get nothing out of me. I have friends not very far off."