Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Do you think it's a rattlesnake?" she asked, maintaining a
calmness she did not feel.

"Just what I've been thinkin'."

"I saw two, in the window of Bowman's Drug Store An' you know,
Billy, they've got a hollow fang, and when they stick it into you
the poison runs down the hollow."

"Br-r-r-r," Billy shivered, in fear that was not altogether
mockery. "Certain death, everybody says, unless you're a Bosco.
Remember him?"