"Ebenezer," gasped Helen, "don't do anything you'll be sorry for. If Forrie has had the dwarf there, let him tell you why. If you put him in prison for it, I couldn't--I couldn't live with you!... Can't you understand that?"
"As you please, madam. I shall do my duty, even if the criminal is your brother."
"But you couldn't get along without Elsie and me."
She was very near him now, having taken little steps while she was speaking.
"Without Elsie!" he mocked. "I don't have to live without Elsie. You can do as you please, but my daughter stays with me, and your brother, my dear, and the woman he's living with--go to jail."