comfort her. Corliss and Jerome watched the confrontation, but didn’t make a move to interfere. As the proprietors of this trading post, they had to stay neutral in the occasional brawl. Preacher understood that, even though the cousins owed a considerable debt to him for getting them here alive.
He didn’t want any help. He always fought his own battles, and he wasn’t inclined to change that now.
“Wait!”
The sharp-voiced command came from Clyde Mallory. The Englishman strode forward, putting himself between Preacher and the four men. He ignored his sister’s plea to be careful and planted himself there with his fists on his hips.
“I say, this is hardly fair. You outnumber this man by four to one.”
“Stay out of it, mister,” Sanderson warned. “It ain’t none o’ your business.”
“On the contrary,” Mallory said, “that was my sister you were mauling, sir. It’s very much my affair. An affair of honor.”
And with that, he reached up and slapped Sanderson across the face.
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