Chapter 42

"All right," Corriston said. "Now you'd better stay here with your father." "Can't I go back with you? I was afraid to climb down to her alone. I was afraid he'd catch me and kill me, and then no one would ever know I'd found her. He'd be warned and try to get away--" "It was the right thing to do, the level-headed thing," Corriston said. "You couldn't have used better judgment." "Then it's all right if I go back with you?" Corriston shook his head. "No, Freddy. I'd rather you didn't. Don't you understand? You've d…