“Look at me. Do I look like a joke?” He stood up at once, bent his back forward, lay his hands open and gazed at her steadily. His swollen lips trembled.“No, I’m not kidding and I’m not a joke! I am serious. Will you please let me continue?”
“Whatever. This time you can have yourself killed or go back to jail. I don’t care. This isn’t the fi rst time you have stirred up a hornet’s nest”. She paused and could barely look at his swelling face. “Go to fi x it yourself.”