“Myownfamily？“herepeatedslowly。“Myown——AndtheReg’larchurch——Whatdoyoumean？HasNat——“
“No，heain’t。Butthatcussedgirlofyours——“
“Stop！“Eben’sshoutrangthroughthehouse。Thelistenerheardit，rose，andthensankslowlytoherknees。
“Stop！“shoutedCaptainHammond。“ElkanahDaniels，foryourownsakenow，becareful。Ifyoudasttosayaword，anotherwordlikethat，I’ll——“
“IfIdast！Thehussy！Butthere’snousetalkin’toyou。You’reascrazyasaBedlamite。Eitherthat，oryou’reinthegamewithher。Ifyouare，Iwarnyou——“