Here it was, out in the open. Ben was more of an ass than Tobias had known, much as he had suspected it. He'd be very happy not to listen to it. He looked over at the boat. Alice and her cousin were the only Ward girls not crying. He wondered how much the violence had been directed towards the girls as well. No wonder Alice and Anne had risked their lives on the moors. No wonder Alice had turned out the way she had.