"I'm darned if she did!" shouted Julius. "She's my cousin, and
as patriotic a girl as ever stepped."
"I don't care a damn what she is, but get out of here!" retorted
Tommy also at the top of his voice.
The young men were on the point of coming to blows. But
suddenly, with an almost magical abruptness, Julius's anger
abated.
"All right, son," he said quietly, "I'm going. I don't blame you
any for what you've been saying. It's mighty lucky you did say
it. I've been the most almighty blithering darned idiot that
it's possible to imagine. Calm down"--Tommy had made an impatient
gesture--"I'm going right away now--going to the London and North
Western Railway depot, if you want to know."
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