The reason of his coming was proclaimed in every line, in every calm, unwavering movement.
He came to her, and she waited there in the merciless moonlight; for she had no choice.
"I have come for you," he said.
The words were brief, but they thrilled her strangely.

Her eyes fluttered and refused to meet his look.
"The Ralstons are taking us," she said.
Her tone was cold, her bearing aloof.

She was striving for self-control.
He could not have known of the tumult within her.

Yet he smiled.

"They are taking Tommy," he said.
She heard the stubborn note in his voice and suddenly and completely the power to resist went from her.
She held out her hand to him with a curious gesture of appeal, "Captain Monck, if I come with you--" His fingers closed about her own.