Then she turned to her brother.

"You went to _him_ and....

Oh, how _could_ you!" Stephen would not meet her gaze.

"Well," he muttered rebelliously, "why wouldn't I?
You know yourself that Mal hasn't been near you since it happened.

If he wasn't after--if he was straight, he would have come, wouldn't he?
Mind, I don't say he isn't--perhaps he doesn't know.