"Shonna I ?" And, glaring at the boy, he ran forward.

Mrs.Morel sprang in between them, with her fist lifted.
"Don't you DARE!" she cried.
"What!" he shouted, baffled for the moment.

"What!" She spun round to her son.
"GO out of the house!" she commanded him in fury.
The boy, as if hypnotised by her, turned suddenly and was gone.

Morel rushed to the door, but was too late.

He returned, pale under his pit-dirt with fury.