And you’re going to remember that in this family, my word is worth a great deal, and yours is worth exactly nothing.”

I kept my face still.

I had learned, in two years, how to keep my face very still while everything under it went cold.

“I don’t know what you mean, Arthur,” I said.

He smiled, and it was not friendly.

“You’ve been asking questions.

About Bellhaven.

About things that are none of your business and were settled a long time ago.