"'Ere, this ain't war, this is blasted baby-killin'.

I promised him a killin if ever I got big enough.

I tell you what, son, allowin' that I seen enough killin' in my time so as just seein' it don't set too hard on my chest, that mess down to Sterling made me plumb sick to my stummick.

"If Barry Conant's knife-edged teeth ever spelt a killin', they do to-day.