He stood long beside Dannie as he lay unconscious.
"I'll take oath that man has wronged no one," he said.

"What in the name of God has some woman been doing to him ?" He took money from Dannie's wallet and bought clothing to replace the rags he had burned.

He filled Dannie with nourishment, and told the woman who found him that when he awoke, if he did not remember, to tell him that his name was Dannie Macnoun, and that he lived in Rainbow Bottom, Adams County.

Because just at that time Dannie was halfway across the state.
A day later he awoke, in a strange room and among strange faces.

He took up life exactly where he left off.