“I am?” Amy seemed surprised

“I am?” Amy seemed surprised. “Don’t you believe it, Clint. I’m as
easy-going and soft-hearted as a suckling dove, whatever that is. Only,
when some low-life like Dreer says this is a rotten school I don’t care
for it. And when he does a trick like the one he did with poor old
Penny’s fiddle I want to fight. Not, though, that you could call that
little affair a fight,” he added regretfully. “Why, the silly chump
wouldn’t even guard!”