"Why didn't he come?"
"Because ... Oh, Deirdre, it breaks my heart to tell you," he broke out. "Don't look at me like that. I did all I could, but it was no good. Some cursed brute gave information—"
"Oh," she whispered. "It was that then!"
And after a moment:
"They took him again—for being at large before the expiration of ... sentence!"
"Yes."
His eyes were all tenderness and pity for her.
"When, Davey?"
"Just before we were leaving, four days ago. Don't look like that, Deirdre! I won't leave a stone unturned to get him back. And I promised him that we—"
She laughed, a strange, cracking little laugh.