"It's hard. I've won and you take my triumph from me. For two years I've given body and soul to the task of unmasking this man."
"I'm asking his life—and mine—" the pleading voice repeated.
"I'll give him up on one condition—"
"What?"
The Captain held her gaze in silence a moment.
"That you send him back to the North and put him out of your life forever!"
Jennie laughed softly through her tears.
"You big, generous, foolish boy—you might have left that to me—"
"All right," he hastened to agree. "I'll leave it to you. Forgive me. I can't deny you anything—"