"And what of Mr. Ballard?" asked Robin.
"Yes; he is taken," said Anthony slowly, watching him. "He was taken a week ago."
"Will they banish him, then?"
"I think they will banish him."
"Why, yes—it is the first time he hath been taken. And there is nothing great against him?"
"I think there is not," said Anthony, still with that strange deliberateness.
"Why do you look at me like that?"
Anthony stood up without answering. Then he began to pace about. As he passed the door he looked to the bolt carefully. Then he turned again to his friend.
"Robin," he said, "would you sooner know a truth that will make you unhappy, or be ignorant of it?"
"Does it concern myself or my business?" asked Robin promptly.