For a second Alice looked as though she had been slapped in the face as she processed the words and their meaning. Then she understood. How dared he imply such a thing about Lory!? About her!? Her anger about man's shamelessness added to the silent anger that had been building up over the past few weeks. People had suggested plenty of indecent things about her, both in Whitby and in Castleton.

"How dare ye speak to us like that! Leave or I'll... or I'll tell the police that yer makin' indecent proposals!"