"1808, be quiet." A prison guard threatened with a baton twice and then said, "Sit back down."
Watching Gem Atkinson leave, Coral Ruby shouted hoarsely, "Gem Atkinson, why? Was it you? Was it you who brought that man to 1808? Was it deliberate?"
Gem finally stood still, turned around, and looked at the almost insane, ferocious-faced woman. His hands folded across his chest, he leaned gracefully against the door and said, "Yes."
That day, Norma Ruby said, "My dear sister, you don't understand Gem. Now that I think about it, Gem must know who Little Treasure's father is. Perhaps he has seen through your ill intentions and deliberately found a man for you, one with a hereditary disease."
