"But even if it is, the Aquilonians deserve killing."

The way he felt about it, if McElroy had done all that people said, then he deserved killing.

First, he tried to hunt down Old Big Foot, feeling the warrior "deserved killing."

"That Zapata was a killer, and he deserved killing."

Even if he did deserve killing.

"My work is killing people who deserve killing," she rephed.

But only for those who deserve killing.

"Such trouble it causes killing a man, even when he deserves killing."

If ever men had deserved killing, those men had.