The thought that Halsey might be in like pain made Susannah imperative.

"Is he dead ?" she asked again in precise repetition of tone and accent.

"Is he dead ?" The Danite lifted his head.

"He is quite dead, and I marked the man that did it, and I marked the man that did this too." He touched reverently, not the child, but the wilting asters that were still grasped in the baby hand.

"If I'd only had a gun--but"-- he ground his teeth again and muttered, "God helping me, they shall both die." Susannah understood nothing then but the first part of this speech.
By this time many of the women and children had again flocked out of the houses.