Faith followed in a conflict of emotions . She hated to think of Walter fighting that little sneak , but oh , he had been splendid ! And he was going to fight for HER -- Faith Meredith -- to punish her insulter ! Of course he would win -- such eyes spelled victory . Faith 's confidence in her champion had dimmed a little by evening , however . Walter had seemed so very quiet and dull the rest of the day in school . `` If it were only Jem , '' she sighed to Una , as they sat on Hezekiah Pollock 's tombstone in the graveyard . `` HE is such a fighter -- he could finish Dan off in no time . But Walter does n't know much about fighting . '' `` I 'm so afraid he 'll be hurt , '' sighed Una , who hated fighting and could n't understand the subtle , secret exultation she divined in Faith . `` He ought n't to be , '' said Faith uncomfortably . `` He 's every bit as big as Dan . '' `` But Dan 's so much older , '' said Una . `` Why , he 's nearly a year older . '' `` Dan has n't done much fighting when you come to count up , '' said Faith . `` I believe he 's really a coward . He did n't think Walter would fight , or he would n't have called names before him . Oh , if you could just have seen Walter 's face when he looked at him , Una ! It made me shiver -- with a nice shiver . He looked just like Sir Galahad in that poem father read us on Saturday . ''
`` I hate the thought XXXXX them fighting and I wish it could be stopped , '' said Una .
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