Ben turned red with anger at Elijah's words. But it seemed he wasn't going to get far with the constable. He and Elijah had had arguments of this nature before and Ben didn't want another.

Nor did he want to end up in the police station.

He turned all his rage back upon Lory instead. "You come home this instant!" he said, pointing at her. "You know better than this! What d'ye think yer mother will say, eh!?"