"No, the bore was mirror slick."
"What would you do if you ran across Dad?"
"I'd bring him in, if I had to do it at gun point."
"Loring, I am going to do something that neither you nor I thought I would ever do. I am going to betray my dad into your hands."
"Then you do know where he is?"
"No, I haven't seen him since the night he left."
"Cut it out, Ted. We all know you've been taking him supplies and we've tried a dozen times to catch you at it. You do know where he is?"
"I don't, but Tammie does."
"So!" the warden exploded. "Callahan was right! He thought he saw Tammie leave your house that night with a pack on his back. But when you whistled him in, and he didn't have any pack, Callahan figured he'd made a mistake. How'd you manage that?"
"Dad was coming to see me and he saw Callahan, too. He met Tammie within yards of the house and took his pack off. Loring, if this is to be done, it's to be done my way."