But pride bade him never to show it.
As he and Braxton Wyatt went into the Chateau of Beaulieu, the doors of the log prison closed upon the four comrades.

Paul, under the care of Luiz, reached it first but the others were just behind.

Paul sat on the floor and leaned against the wall.

The others bent tenderly over him.

But Paul looked up at them and smiled.
"It isn't much," he said.