The boy has no idea of what he was talking about except that he was scared of his hostility towards him. Rowland didn't say anything again till he got to Albert's school.

He gave a quick glance at the boy and saw him sniffling. Beads of tears were on his face and he ordered "clean those tears off your face, now!"

His voice was hoarse and doommenering. Albert quietly cleaned those tears off with the back of his palm and watched as Rowland came over and opened ...