He had broken prison because he knew that she was near, and could
not refuse to help him. He had dragged himself to the Hall, weary &
starving, with the warders hard at his heels. The Barrymores had
taken him in & fed him & cared for him, and when Sir Henry had
returned they had sent him out to hide on the moor but had continued
to make sure that he had food, hoping that he would soon go away. It
was all her own fault, she said, not her husband's. Barrymore
confirmed the truth of all this, and Sir Henry said he could not blame
him for standing by his wife. He dismissed them until the morning.
The light was still there, not more than a mile or two off, out by
Cleft Tor. We decided almost at the same moment that we would go
after the villain. He was brutal & violent, and a danger to the
community. We would not be betraying a confidence given to us by
