Her eyes widened, and they never for an instant left his own.

Thank her! He told her what had happened to him--in the heart and soul of him--from the hour she had come to him at Cardigan's.

He told her of dreams and plans, of his determination to find her again after he had escaped, if it took him all his life.

He told her of Mercer, of his discovery of her visit to Kim's Bayou, of his scheme to follow her down the Three Rivers, to seek for her at Fort Simpson, to follow her to the Valley of Silent Men, wherever it was.

Thank her! He held her hands so tight they hurt, and his voice trembled.