“I have had reason to be.”
“And you know something of Colonel Dunwoody?”
“I have heard of him often, and I had a chance to study him at my trial.”
“He was severe?”
“On the contrary he was kind, for he treated me throughout like a man at his mercy, the under dog in the fight, you know.”
“That is his nature.”
“He having caught me felt sorry for me, and was anxious to get me out of my misery for his sake and my own, it appeared to me.”
“You were observant.”
“I always am. But you give up, do you; the man is lost to you?”
“I must.”