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He paused, like one who had finished, but still held Davis with his eye.
'How?' said Davis. 'Why?'
'Well, you see, you're big,' returned Huish; ''e knows you 'ave a gun in
your pocket, and anybody can see with 'alf an eye that you ain't the
man to 'esitate about usin' it. So it's no go with you, and never was;
you're out of the runnin', Dyvis. But he won't be afryde of me, I'm such
a little un! I'm unarmed--no kid about that--and I'll hold my 'ands up
right enough.' He paused. 'If I can manage to sneak up nearer to him as
we talk,' he resumed, 'you look out and back me up smart. If I don't, we
go aw'y again, and nothink to 'urt. See?'
The captain's face was contorted by the frenzied effort to comprehend.
'No, I don't see,' he cried, 'I can't see. What do you mean?'
'I mean to do for the Beast!' cried Huish, in a burst of venomous
triumph. 'I'll bring the 'ulkin' bully to grass. He's 'ad his larks out
of me; I'm goin' to 'ave my lark out of 'im, and a good lark too!'
'
What is it?' said the captain, almost in a whisper.
Sure you want to know?' asked Huish.
'
Davis rose and took a turn in the house.
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