"Put it as you please, Danny."
"Well?"
"I want you to tell me where the girl is now."
"Stareyes?"
"Yes, Stareyes. Is she in the city?"
"I don't know."
"Come, no lies, old man," and an oath followed the words. "I am not to be fooled again. If she's here I want to know it."
A moment's silence followed.
"She hasn't been here for three months."
"She was here, then, was she? The witch!"