"I felt the same way," Dan'l agreed. "But--you can't do anything."
"What did Brander say? The sneak...."
"I don't know that he said anything," Dan'l insisted. "Probably not. I
just heard this man snickering, and telling two others something....
Heard him name Brander, and your sister.... So I struck in. The others
were just listening. They got out of the way. I asked this man what he
said; and he wouldn't tell me, so I hit him a clip and told him to keep
his tongue still...."
Roy whirled to look forward. The deck was all but empty, but Brander and
another man were by the knight's heads, talking casually together. Roy
said under his breath: "I'm going to...."