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Now Corriston was in a steel-walled cell and the captain's voice seemed only a far-off echo sympathizing with him.
And it was an echo, for the captain was gone and he would probably never see him again. It was all very simple -- that part of it -- all very clear. The captain had faithfully kept his word. The captain hadn't let him down. But any man can end up a prisoner when everyone disbelieves him and he has no way of proving that he is telling the truth.