“I never thought it could happen,” he whispered. He turned his head slowly as if looking for someone. “Did they bring the others out?” he asked after an interval.
“Who?” she asked. “The rest of the bomber crew?”
A shadow darkened his eyes.
“Was Tommy with them?” she asked. Then she was frightened for fear his answer would bring an end to all her hopes.
“No.”
“No?” she repeated in an agony of suspense.
“He wouldn’t come back with us.”
“Wouldn’t come back?”
“From that island where we went ashore.”
“You—you mean Tommy really got safely ashore somewhere?”