"Dan'l, if Brander tries to—to do anything to my sister, I'm going to kill him."
Dan'l said nothing; and Roy moved abruptly past him and went below....
He was not seeking Faith; but he came upon her there, in the main cabin. She was at the table, with a book, and paper and pen; and he stopped to look over her shoulder, and saw that she was making calculations.... Latitude and longitude.... He asked: "What are you doing?"
She looked up at him. "Studying navigation, Roy. Don't you want to?"
He stared at her. "What are you doing it for?"
"Because I want to. Besides.... It's a good thing to be able to find out where you are, on a world as big as this.... Don't you think?"
He flung himself into a chair across from her. "Look here, Faith.... Why do you keep looking at Brander? All the time?"
Faith was startled; she was startled not so much at what Roy said, as at what his words revealed to her. Nevertheless her voice was steady and quiet as she asked: "What do you mean, Roy?"
"The way you look at Brander. He's not fit for you to talk to.... To look at.... Anything. He's not fit to be around you...."
She laughed at him. "How do I look at Mr. Brander, Roy?" she asked.