Therewasapauseofreluctantmurmuring。Butthewarningwasenforcedbyacommandfromanothervoice——weak，unheroic，butfamiliar，\"Iorderthisyertostop——rightyer！\"
Aburstofironicallaughterfollowed。ThevoicewasUncleBen’s。
\"Standback！Thisisnotimeforfoolin’，\"saidthesheriffroughly。
\"He’sright，SheriffBriggs，\"saidStacey’svoicehurriedly；
\"you’reactingforHIM；he’stheowneroftheland。\"