The strange part was that , while she despised Charlie for a coward , it never occurred to her to disdain Walter . It was simply that he seemed to her an inhabitant of a world of his own , where different traditions prevailed . Faith would as soon have expected a starry-eyed young angel to pummel dirty , freckled Dan Reese for her as Walter Blythe . She would not have blamed the angel and she did not blame Walter Blythe . But she wished that sturdy Jem or Jerry had been there and Dan 's insult continued to rankle in her soul . Walter was pale no longer . He had flushed crimson and his beautiful eyes were clouded with shame and anger . He knew that he ought to have avenged Faith . Jem would have sailed right in and made Dan eat his words with bitter sauce . Ritchie Warren would have overwhelmed Dan with worse `` names '' than Dan had called Faith . But Walter could not -- simply could not -- `` call names . '' He knew he would get the worst of it . He could never conceive or utter the vulgar , ribald insults of which Dan Reese had unlimited command . And as for the trial by fist , Walter could n't fight . He hated the idea . It was rough and painful -- and , worst of all , it was ugly . He never could understand Jem 's exultation in an occasional conflict . But he wished he COULD fight Dan Reese . He was horribly ashamed because Faith Meredith had been insulted in his presence and he had not tried to punish her insulter . He felt sure she must despise him .
She had not even spoken to him since XXXXX had called her pig-girl .
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