I told her that if you returned it would mean prison for you, and strangely I said that same thing--five years.

But I found her selfish, Roger, very selfish--and set upon her desire beyond all reason.
And it was she who asked first those very questions I have asked you tonight.

'What are five years ?' she demanded of me, defying my logic.
'What are five years--or ten--or twenty, IF I KNOW I AM TO HAVE HIM AFTER THAT ?' Yes, she was selfish, Roger.

Just that great is her love for you." "Dear God in Heaven," breathed Jolly Roger, and stopped, his eyes staring wide at the stars.
"And after that, after I had given in to her selfishness, Roger, she planned how we--she and I--would live very near to the place where they imprisoned you, and how each day some sight or sign should pass between you, and the baby--" "The baby, Father ?" "Thus it seems she dreams, Roger.

She, in the wilfulness of her desire and selfishness--" With a choking cry Roger bowed his face in his hands.
For a moment Father John was silent.