23/30 He will say what is to be done with him next. It is not for us to take law into our own hands beyond a certain point. You will get nothing out of him, that is plain; he is past speech now." "The Chief will make him find his tongue," said Dowsett with a cruel sneer; "this is only a foretaste of what he will get when the Fire Eater returns. 'Twere a pity to kill him too soon. Keep him safe, and we will see what the Chief says to him tomorrow." Paul heard this as in a dream, although a merciful semi-consciousness had deadened him to the worst of the pain. |