Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Billy Roberts?"

The nod was repeated, and Mary, with suspended iron, gave her a
long and curions look.

"Say, an' what if Charley Long butts in?"

Saxon shrugged her shoulders.

They ironed swiftly and silently for a quarter of an hour.

"Well," Mary decided, "if he does butt in maybe he'll get his.
I'd like to see him get it--the big stiff! It all depends how
Billy feels--about you, I mean."