Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"I feel like revenge," she said, trying to apply the "come along"
to his arm.

When she exerted the pressure she cried out with pain, for she
had succeeded only in hurting herself. Billy grinned at her
futility. She dug her thumbs into his neck in imitation of the
Japanese death touch, then gazed ruefully at the bent ends of her
nails. She punched him smartly on the point of the chin, and
again cried out, this time to the bruise of her knuckles.