`` Have you had enough ? '' demanded Walter through his clenched teeth . Dan sulkily admitted that he had . `` My mother does n't write lies ? '' `` No . '' `` Faith Meredith is n't a pig-girl ? '' `` No . '' `` Nor a rooster-girl ? '' `` No . '' `` And I 'm not a coward ? '' `` No . '' Walter had intended to ask , `` And you are a liar ? '' but pity intervened and he did not humiliate Dan further . Besides , that blood was so horrible . `` You can go , then , '' he said contemptuously . There was a loud clapping from the boys who were perched on the rail fence , but some of the girls were crying . They were frightened . They had seen schoolboy fights before , but nothing like Walter as he had grappled with Dan . There had been something terrifying about him . They thought he would kill Dan .
Now XXXXX all was over they sobbed hysterically -- except Faith , who still stood tense and crimson cheeked .
Besides Dan about from of on pig-girl that through to