I expect to be at the prison this afternoon.

Shall I ask for you?
Good! I won't forget!" With those farewell words he went out, and never so much as looked back at the prisoners before he closed the door.
Trudaine returned to his sister, fearful lest his face should betray what had passed during the extraordinary interview between Lomaque and himself.

But, whatever change there might be in his expression, Rose did not seem to notice it.

She was still strangely inattentive to all outward things.

That spirit of resignation, which is the courage of women in all great emergencies, seemed now to be the one animating spirit that fed the flame of life within her.
When her brother sat down by her, she only took his hand gently and said: "Let us stop together like this, Louis, till the time comes.