He paused as though hoping that Scott Clemmons would ask:
“Or what?”
But Clemmons remained silent, and with a determined look in his face, Breslin finished his sentence with the words:
“Or—you go with me, Clemmons.”
Half an hour after Barney Breslin left his room, and went to the commandant’s quarters.
He met an orderly at the door, who said politely:
“I was just going to seek you, sir, for the commandant wishes to see you.”
The next moment Breslin crossed the threshold with a look upon his face that expressed plainly his thought: “He who enters here leaves Hope behind.”
The commandant was there, and so were a number of officers, all wearing a serious look upon their faces.
Breslin saluted promptly and awaited the commandant’s pleasure.