"And--from the burnt country ?" "Yes, from the burnt country.

I've been away a long time, and I'm trying to find out if my friends are among the living or the dead.

Did you ever hear of Father John, the Missioner at Cragg's Ridge ?" The young man's face brightened.
"I knew him," he said.

"He helped me to bury my brother, three years ago.

And if it's him you seek, he is safe.