Ben nodded, but Maggie spoke up: "Father, you are still sick. No one will be helped if you collapse in Scarborough. Let James go, and stay at Elijah's place."
"I'm not going to sit around while my daughters might be freezing to death or in bad hands this very moment!" Ben protested.
"Alice and Anne are not really in danger, are they? They'll come back, won't they?" Bram suddenly said. He looked around at the adults, frightened. "I didn't mean it when I said they was fat."