"You know who he is?" The hard eyes were fierce and gleaming as he asked.
"I know who it is not," I answered.
"You know who it is, then?"
"You must not ask me. I cannot tell you yet."
"You shall tell me."
"If you think you can force me, try;" and I faced him, with a look to the full as resolute as his.
"Why won't you?"
"For Gareth's sake. I am thinking of what, in your present desperate mood, you cannot—her happiness."
"I am thinking of her honour."
"No. You are thinking of murder, Colonel Katona. You came here to do it, believing that you knew who had betrayed her."