Ben nodded slowly. "You we're right though..." he said quietly. "My children are frightened of me. I was angry with them for goin' over without permission. And then I recalled what you said, and I looked at them 's if for t' first time... They were all trembling and miserable and frightened. Even Alice and Will were." There was a pained expression on his face." He looked at the constable. "Ye shouldn't have referred to Simon. Ye know I can't deal with that. And ye shouldn't have shouted in front of Tobias... But you were right I'm not good at handlin' them well."