"Where?"
"He will be in this camp to-morrow."
"Ah! then I will see him?"
"No; he will not arrive until after your departure."
"I will await his coming."
"That cannot be, for I have orders to start with you to be ransomed, and you are not supposed to know that he has been captured."
"But you have told me so."
"It was a confidential communication, and if you betray me I can render you no further service, for my usefulness will be gone; in fact, I would be put to death."
"I will not betray you."
"Thank you, but let me say that Brandon will be brought here, for two men now have him in charge, and are on the trail here."